MATLAB Installation Guide for Unix

Solving CD-ROM Drive Problems

The CD installation program expects that the CD-ROM drive is connected or properly mounted to the MATLAB server. To diagnose a problem with a CD-ROM drive:

• Verify that the device is mounted correctly by checking the mount command table in Mounting Your CD-ROM Drive.
• Verify that the CD-ROM device file has the correct read and execute permissions using the UNIX command

ls -l device

where device is the device name for your CD-ROM drive. To change permissions, log in as superuser and invoke the UNIX command

chmod 555 device

• Check the MATLAB installation log files for error messages. For product installations, check the file $MATLAB/install_matlab.outp. For documentation installations, check the file $MATLAB/install_matlab.outd.
• To display additional diagnostic messages, rerun the installation procedure using one of the install commands.

install* -debug > debug.out (Sun, Compaq, IBM, SGI, and Linux 
platforms)
INSTALL* -debug > debug.out (HP platform)

Solving File Permission Problems

Common License Manager Problems