I can't install Matlab on Opensuse 15.3

Hi,

i'm trying to install matlab R2021b on OpenSuse 15.3.

abram@localhost:~/Pobrane/matlab_R2021b_glnxa64> sudo -H ./install

/home/abram/Pobrane/matlab_R2021b_glnxa64/bin/glnxa64/MathWorksProductInstaller: error while loading shared libraries: /home/abram/Pobrane/matlab_R2021b_glnxa64/bin/glnxa64/libicudata.so.67: file too short

Any help.. ?

Answer 1

[Cosmo]

This error is typically caused by broken symbolic links within the installer as a result of downloading and zipping the Download Only contents on a Windows machine before moving them over to the Linux machine.

To resolve this error, you may redownload the Download Only installation package on a Linux machine, or you may perform the following solutions:

A) Unzip the Download Only installation files with -X -K flags. For example:

unzip -X -K matlab_R2021b_glnxa64.zip

B) Perform the following workaround:

1. Locate and extract the matlab_R2021b_glnxa64 file located in the installation package.
2. In the extracted matlab_R2021b_glnxa64 folder, verify that the install script can now launch the MathWorks Installer, then close the Installer before continuing. (If it can not, you may need to redownload the installation files on a Linux machine.)
3. Rename the archives folder in the extracted matlab_R2021b_glnxa64 folder to archives_old.
4. Copy and paste the archives folder from the original download only files into the new extracted folder.
5. Proceed with the installation

(Adapted from here: https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/514575-when-running-the-mathworks-installer-on-linux-why-do-i-get-the-error-install_unix-error-while-loa#answer_423321)

[Hongye HUANG]

Hi, I'm also using OpenSUSE. I solved the problem of loading shared library by using step A. But when I do ./install again, the terminal just returns nothing, and of course no window pops up.

My terminal (oh-my-zsh) just shows nothing when I execute ./install

➜  matlab_R2022a_glnxa64 ./install
➜  matlab_R2022a_glnxa64