Using MATLAB on 32-bit and 64-bit Linux

To use MATLAB^® on 32-bit and 64-bit (tested with Ubuntu) versions of Linux

1. Install MATLAB^® (Assume that your MATLAB installation directory is /home/username/ MATHWORKS_R2011A).
2. Make sure that C Shell has already been installed on your Linux. To install C Shell on Ubuntu, type the following command in the terminal
   • ~$ sudo apt-get install csh 
   
   
3. Create a link to the MATLAB^® executable file in /usr/bin if it does not exist, and type the following commands in the terminal
   • ~$ sudo -i 
   • ~$ cd /usr/bin 
   • ~$ ln -s /home/username/MATHWORKS_R2011A/bin/matlab matlab
   
   
4. Use a text editor to open the magicdraw file in the bin folder in the MagicDraw installation directory. Type the following text under the line that contains cd"$APP_HOME" to add the MATLAB^® bin folder to LD_LIBRARY_PATH of Java and save the magicdraw file.

• on Linux 32-bit, type: export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/home/username/MATHWORKS_R2011A/bin/glnx86:/home/username/MATHWORKS_R2011A/sys/os/glnx86
• on Linux 64-bit, type: export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/home/username/MATHWORKS_R2011A/bin/glnxa64:/home/username/MATHWORKS_R2011A/sys/os/glnxa64 

LD_LIBRARY_PATH added to the MagicDraw file.

Related pages

• Integration with MATLAB
• Using MATLAB on 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows
• Using MATLAB on Mac OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
• Integration with external Evaluators