why I can't run simulink and live script in matlab2017b in Ubuntu

Hello everybody. I installed matlab2017b in Ubuntu but it's have some problems.

first I can't open live script and when i click on live script matlab says: "The live script unable to run in the current syststem configuration. " and after it show many errors of java.

Exception in thread "XPCOMMessageLoop" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: /usr/local/MATLAB/R2017b/sys/jxbrowser/glnxa64/xulrunner/xulrunner-linux-64/libxul.so: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcairo.so.2: undefined symbol: FT_Get_Var_Design_Coordinates
	at java.lang.ClassLoader$NativeLibrary.load(Native Method)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary0(ClassLoader.java:1941)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(ClassLoader.java:1824)
	at java.lang.Runtime.load0(Runtime.java:809)
	at java.lang.System.load(System.java:1086)
	at com.teamdev.jxbrowser.gecko.xpcom.impl.linux.LinuxMozillaToolkit.c(Unknown Source)
	at com.teamdev.jxbrowser.gecko.xpcom.impl.linux.LinuxMozillaToolkit.a(Unknown Source)
	at com.teamdev.jxbrowser.gecko.xpcom.MozillaToolkit.initialize(Unknown Source)
	at com.teamdev.jxbrowser.gecko.xpcom.AppShellXPCOMThread$b.run(Unknown Source)
Exception in thread "XPCOMMessageLoop" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: /usr/local/MATLAB/R2017b/sys/jxbrowser/glnxa64/xulrunner/xulrunner-linux-64/libxul.so: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcairo.so.2: undefined symbol: FT_Get_Var_Design_Coordinates
	at java.lang.ClassLoader$NativeLibrary.load(Native Method)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary0(ClassLoader.java:1941)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(ClassLoader.java:1824)
	at java.lang.Runtime.load0(Runtime.java:809)
	at java.lang.System.load(System.java:1086)
	at com.teamdev.jxbrowser.gecko.xpcom.impl.linux.LinuxMozillaToolkit.c(Unknown Source)
	at com.teamdev.jxbrowser.gecko.xpcom.impl.linux.LinuxMozillaToolkit.a(Unknown Source)
	at com.teamdev.jxbrowser.gecko.xpcom.MozillaToolkit.initialize(Unknown Source)
	at com.teamdev.jxbrowser.gecko.xpcom.AppShellXPCOMThread$b.run(Unknown Source)
Exception in thread "XPCOMMessageLoop" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: /usr/local/MATLAB/R2017b/sys/jxbrowser/glnxa64/xulrunner/xulrunner-linux-64/libxul.so: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcairo.so.2: undefined symbol: FT_Get_Var_Design_Coordinates
	at java.lang.ClassLoader$NativeLibrary.load(Native Method)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary0(ClassLoader.java:1941)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(ClassLoader.java:1824)
	at java.lang.Runtime.load0(Runtime.java:809)
	at java.lang.System.load(System.java:1086)
	at com.teamdev.jxbrowser.gecko.xpcom.impl.linux.LinuxMozillaToolkit.c(Unknown Source)
	at com.teamdev.jxbrowser.gecko.xpcom.impl.linux.LinuxMozillaToolkit.a(Unknown Source)
	at com.teamdev.jxbrowser.gecko.xpcom.MozillaToolkit.initialize(Unknown Source)
	at com.teamdev.jxbrowser.gecko.xpcom.AppShellXPCOMThread$b.run(Unknown Source)
Exception in thread "XPCOMMessageLoop" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: /usr/local/MATLAB/R2017b/sys/jxbrowser/glnxa64/xulrunner/xulrunner-linux-64/libxul.so: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcairo.so.2: undefined symbol: FT_Get_Var_Design_Coordinates
	at java.lang.ClassLoader$NativeLibrary.load(Native Method)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary0(ClassLoader.java:1941)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(ClassLoader.java:1824)
	at java.lang.Runtime.load0(Runtime.java:809)
	at java.lang.System.load(System.java:1086)
	at com.teamdev.jxbrowser.gecko.xpcom.impl.linux.LinuxMozillaToolkit.c(Unknown Source)
	at com.teamdev.jxbrowser.gecko.xpcom.impl.linux.LinuxMozillaToolkit.a(Unknown Source)
	at com.teamdev.jxbrowser.gecko.xpcom.MozillaToolkit.initialize(Unknown Source)
	at com.teamdev.jxbrowser.gecko.xpcom.AppShellXPCOMThread$b.run(Unknown Source)
Exception in thread "XPCOMMessageLoop" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: /usr/local/MATLAB/R2017b/sys/jxbrowser/glnxa64/xulrunner/xulrunner-linux-64/libxul.so: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcairo.so.2: undefined symbol: FT_Get_Var_Design_Coordinates
	at java.lang.ClassLoader$NativeLibrary.load(Native Method)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary0(ClassLoader.java:1941)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(ClassLoader.java:1824)
	at java.lang.Runtime.load0(Runtime.java:809)
	at java.lang.System.load(System.java:1086)
	at com.teamdev.jxbrowser.gecko.xpcom.impl.linux.LinuxMozillaToolkit.c(Unknown Source)
	at com.teamdev.jxbrowser.gecko.xpcom.impl.linux.LinuxMozillaToolkit.a(Unknown Source)
	at com.teamdev.jxbrowser.gecko.xpcom.MozillaToolkit.initialize(Unknown Source)
	at com.teamdev.jxbrowser.gecko.xpcom.AppShellXPCOMThread$b.run(Unknown Source)

second when I want to open simulink matlab says:

Can't reload
'/usr/local/MATLAB/R2017b/bin/glnxa64/libmwdastudio.so'

Can somebody help me?

Answer 1

[Tejas]

Hello Hemn,

The above-mentioned error message might occur if the "libXss1" or "libgconf-2-4" library is missing.

To resolve the issue, install the missing libraries using the below commands and relaunch the MATLAB session:

sudo apt-get install libXss1
sudo apt-get install libgconf-2-4

If the issue persists, refer to these MATLAB answers for an alternate workaround:

• https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/397096-the-live-editor-is-unable-to-run-in-the-current-system-configuration-error-message-when-starting-l
• https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/363435-matlab-live-editor-error