oo Command-Line Install oo GUI Install oo Versionsoo License Notes oo Matlab Support Map oo Notes for macOS and Linux
COMMAND-LINE INSTALL
Run in Terminal, as an admin user (copy and paste it) curl www.cns.nyu.edu/mac/matlab9.9.tgz | tar xz -C /Applications That is it. DONE. Replace 9.9 with the version of matlab you prefer e.g. 9.0, ..., 9.9, 9.11. Examples: In case the above is unclear, click here.
GUI INSTALL
To do a GUI install, go to https://www.cns.nyu.edu/mac/ and download the matlab you wish to install. Put the tarball into /Applications and double click to unwrap it. DONE. Note: Downloading it from your browser is likely to trigger the "security" warning regarding packages from unidentified developer or site. If you wish to override this, see instructions here for handling unidentified developer warnings.
VERSIONS
The versions of matlab we have for distribution here includes matlab 9.0, 9.1, ..., 9.7, 9.9, 9.11. Additionally, we have versions 8.0, ..., 8.6. You may also download the matlab of your choice via the following persistent names. current-matlab.tgz (The latest version we are distributing.) default-matlab.tgz (The most commonly used version.) matlab.tgz (This is the same as the default-matlab.tgz) You may wish to consult the matlab support map.
NOTES FOR MACOS AND LINUX
1) If you may want to run matlab 9.6 (assuming this is what you installed)
from the command line for macOS, do
ln -s /Applications/MATLAB9.6.app/bin/matlab /usr/local/bin/matlab9.6
3) To install elsewhere, use -C /path/to/folder/you/want
4) To just download the tarball to the current directory without installing/unwrapping, do for example
curl -O www.cns.nyu.edu/mac/matlab.tgz
5) The use of sudo for the install is simply to write to the given destination.
6) This may take 15 to 40 minutes depending on your network. You must keep your system awake during the install.
7) If you need more information, click on the above link for our Internal Matlab Info page.
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