Why do I get a permission denied error message referring to the java folder when installing MATLAB on Linux?
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When installing MATLAB R2010b on 64-bit Linux, I receive a permission denied message:
Preparing installation files ...
Installing ...
eval: 1: /tmp/mathworks_13113/java/jre/glnxa64/jre/bin/java: Permission
denied
Finished
The permissions of my /tmp folder are fine. How can I install MATLAB?
Accepted Answer
MathWorks Support Team
on 18 Oct 2013
This error occurs when the installer file (for example, matlab_R2010b_glnxa64_installer.zip or matlab_R2010b_glnx86_installer.zip) is not extracted properly. This commonly happens if the installer is downloaded on a Windows machine, is extracted, and then copied to a Linux machine.
To ensure that the installer runs properly, the installation archives should be extracted on a Linux machine. To extract the installer, you can use the command line tool "unzip" to extract the file. For example:
unzip matlab_R20*_glnxa64_installer.zip
If you still experience a permission error when running the installer, please see the related solutions below:
Why do I receive the error "Exception in thread "main" com.google.inject.ProvisionException" when installing MATLAB on Linux?
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