MATLAB Installation Guide for PC

Network Installation Procedure

This section describes how to use The MathWorks Installer program (setup.exe) to install MATLAB in a network installation. You can use this procedure to install MATLAB and the license manager on a PC server running Windows.

If your network installation uses a UNIX system as a license server, see the Installation Guide for UNIX for instructions on installing the license manager on a UNIX system.

If you are setting up a local client access configuration, you use this same procedure to install MATLAB on each client system; however, there are some differences. See Installing MATLAB on a Client System for details.

Note    If you are performing multiple installations, you can run the installer noninteractively. In this mode, you enter all the information you would normally provide using the installer dialog boxes in an initialization file. For more information, see Running the Installer Noninteractively.

This chapter includes information about

• Preinstallation tasks
• A brief summary of the installation procedure
• Notes for upgrade installations
• A detailed step-by-step procedure

Before You Install

Before you run the installation program:

• Have your network PLP and your License File handy. See Network Licensing Options for more information about License Files.
• Exit any programs you have running, especially existing copies of MATLAB.
• Make sure your system satisfies the requirements of the software you intend to install. For more information, see System Requirements.
• Shut down the FLEXlm license manager, if it is running. (See Starting and Stopping the License Manager for instructions.)

Note    To install MATLAB on a Microsoft Windows NT or Windows 2000 system, you must have administrator privileges.

Upgrade Installations

Always install MATLAB in a new installation directory, even for upgrade installations. The installer creates a new installation directory for each new release by default, for example, MATLAB6p5. You do not need to delete an existing MATLAB installation before installing R13. You can run multiple versions of MATLAB on the same system; see Performing Common License Management Tasks for more information.

Upgrading and MATLAB Preference Files

MATLAB stores your preference information, such as command history and help favorites, in preference files. The installer does not overwrite these preference files if they already exist on your system. Multiple MATLAB installations on the same system will use the same preference files.

Note    The uninstaller provided with earlier versions of MATLAB (before Release 12.1) deletes these preferences files. If you plan to remove a previous MATLAB installation, you might want to save your MATLAB preference files. See Saving Your MATLAB Preferences for more information.

Setting Up a Network Installation

Network Installation Procedure Summary