Problem installing in Ubuntu 11.10

Hi there, I'm getting the current error when I try and run matlab here is what I recieve

zepolmot@ZepLab:~$ matlab
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Warning: Cannot locate Java Runtime Environment (JRE) . . .

           1. Either a correct JRE was not available for redistribution when
              this release was shipped, in which case you should refer to the
              Release Notes for additional information about how to get it.

           2. Or you have tried to use the MATLAB_JAVA environment variable
              to specify an alternate JRE, but MATLAB cannot find it.  Please
              run 'matlab -n' to determine what value you are using for
              MATLAB_JAVA and fix accordingly.
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

      matlab: No MATLAB bin directory for this machine architecture.

             ARCH = glnxa64

I know that I have java running on here, so I'm not sure what would be causing this. Thanks.

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

I believe that if you track down the reason why it does not think there is a glnxa64 architecture for your installation, that you will simultaneously solve the reason it could not find the appropriate JRE for the architecture it doesn't know about.

It is not enough to have java installed: MATLAB is very sensitive to the exact JRE version. The installer would have installed that java version for you.

Which MATLAB version are you attempting to install? Old enough versions were not available on Linux 64 bit.

If you are attempting to install R2007a onward (approximately), then Linux 64 bit was supported, in which case you should contact MATLAB Support, as they have free support for installation problems.

Be sure to see also http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/21872-instal-matlab-2011a-on-ubuntu-11-10