matlab

Installation via AUR

PKGBUILD

Download PKGBUILD: paru -G matlab

Licenses

Go to License center on mathworks
On install and activate tab; select (or create) an appropriate license
Navigate to download the license file and the file installation key
Download the license file and put the file in the repository
Copy and paste the file installation key in a plain text file

create Tarball

Check, that libselinux and libxcrypt-compat are installed. Otherwise the installer will exit with error code 42 and no further instructions.

paru -S --asdeps libselinux libxcrypt-compat

Then:

Download the matlab installer
Unpack and launch the installer
After logging in and accepting license; select Advanced Options > I want to download without installing from the top dropdown menu.
Set the download location to an empty directory called matlab
Select the toolboxes you want.

After downloading; from the parent directory; do

tar cf matlab.tar matlab

to create the tarball. The folder here called matlab usually is given the download-time as it's name. Rename to matlab before compressing.

Move the matlab.tar to the repository. Adjust the pkgver and release vars in the PKGBUILD to reflect current release. Run makepkg -si to install.

mv cannot stat error

In the case of an error in the form of: mv: cannot stat 'dependency_links.txt'$'\n''PKG-INFO'$'\n''SOURCES.txt'$'\n''top_level.txt': No such file or directory Edit line 207 of the PKGBUILD to include ls -d instead of just ls.

Configuration

fix graphics driver with intel

In the case of libGL error: failed to open iris::

Add to the matlab script (sudo nvim $(which matlab)) at the top:

export MESA_LOADER_DRIVER_OVERRIDE=i965

HiDPI Fix

In Matlab:

s = settings;s.matlab.desktop.DisplayScaleFactor
s.matlab.desktop.DisplayScaleFactor.PersonalValue = 2

This value can be a float.

Fonts malformed

Set Aliasing to true under Preferences->MATLAB->Fonts and reboot.

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