MATLAB Installation Guide for Unix

Starting MATLAB

Start MATLAB by entering the matlab command at the command prompt.

If you did not set up symbolic links in step 10 of the installation procedure, you must enter the full path name, $MATLAB/bin/matlab, where $MATLAB is the name of your MATLAB installation directory.

Reducing Startup Time with Toolbox Path Caching

You can significantly reduce MATLAB startup time by using the MATLAB toolbox path cache. The toolbox path cache stores search path information for all toolbox directories under the MATLAB root directory. During startup, MATLAB obtains path data from the cache rather than by reading it from the remote file system.

To use toolbox path caching, select Preferences from the MATLAB File menu. On the Preferences dialog box, select the General preferences panel and click the Enable toolbox cache check box. To learn more about toolbox path caching, click the Help button in the Preferences dialog box.

Note    If you install additional toolboxes, you must regenerate the toolbox path cache by repeating the steps described above.

Starting the License Manager

Specifying Print Options