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I was trying to install Matlab R2015a, and everything was running perfectly till this message appeared and left me puzzled because as you can see, I already have installed all the compilers needed to run Matlab.

InstallationMessage.

Apparently the installation was successful.

InstallationFinished.

Nonetheless, the software does not run even after changing the Matlab file permissions.

I also installed the Matlab support, but it didn't help either.

It would be great help for me if I could get any kind of help from the community. What is missing? What should I have not done? And finally what should I do?

As requested I'm posting the output from cat /etc/lsb-release:

    DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
    DISTRIB_RELEASE=14.04
    DISTRIB_CODENAME=trusty
    DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS"

And from apt-cache policy gcc g++:

    gcc:
    Installed: 4:4.8.2-1ubuntu6
    Candidate: 4:4.8.2-1ubuntu6
    Version table:
    *** 4:4.8.2-1ubuntu6 0
            500 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
            100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    g++:
      Installed: 4:4.8.2-1ubuntu6
      Candidate: 4:4.8.2-1ubuntu6
      Version table:
     *** 4:4.8.2-1ubuntu6 0
            500 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
            100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
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  • Your problem statement is highly unclear. Please edit your question to add more details.
    – cat
    Jan 19, 2016 at 4:05
  • @cat Ok, but in the picture we can see that gcc is already installed, right? What details you think are important to mention? Jan 19, 2016 at 4:18
  • My mistake; I still don't know what you're asking. What happened when you clicked Next >?
    – cat
    Jan 19, 2016 at 4:19
  • It just ended the installation. No error messages... and no installation error messages! I going to edit and put the image so you can see it, ok? Jan 19, 2016 at 4:23
  • What version of Ubuntu? Please edit your question to include the output of commands cat /etc/lsb-release and apt-cache policy gcc g++ Jan 19, 2016 at 8:12

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Did you update your repositories? And did you try installing the matlab-support package.

sudo apt-get matlab-support 

If you are facing problem with your version. Try this one.

https://kat.cr/mathworks-matlab-r2015a-amd64-linux-t11790580.html

I have successfully installed it from here. But remember,

  1. First unpack the iso extension file by right clicking on it. Then you will get the original .iso file.

  2. Use this command to mount the iso file:

    sudo mount -o loop -t iso9660 (source_path_where_you_have_downloaded) /media/iso
    

Please let me know if you have any further questions. And when you are doing all these if you are in root mode then you should not have any permission problems.

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  • Thanks! I'll try installing again... I already have installed this matlab-support though it didn't really helped me... Should I remove it before reinstalling? Jan 19, 2016 at 4:19
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Thank you very much for your help. It looks like the problem was much simpler than I had thought. What was preventing Matlab to run was the Firewall. I was trying to run as superuser, but it always would hang, correcting I thought it had hanged, but a forgot to shut down the Terminal and it printed a problem with the connection. After disabling the Firewall everything is running. Sorry for the beginners mistake. Thanks again!

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