Troubleshooting (MATLAB Installation Guide for Unix)

MATLAB Installation Guide for Unix

Solving CD-ROM Drive Problems

The MATLAB installation program expects that the CD-ROM drive is connected or properly mounted on the 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 run the UNIX command
- ```
chmod 555 device
```

Check the installation log files for error messages. The installer creates these log files during installation

$MATLAB/install_matlab1.out
Log file for an installation using CD 1 of the MathWorks CD se

$MATLAB/install_matlab2.out
Log file for an installation using CD 2 of the MathWorks CD set.
To display additional diagnostic messages, rerun the installation procedure for your platform specifying the -debug flag:

`$MATLAB/install_matlab1.out`	Log file for an installation using CD 1 of the MathWorks CD se
`$MATLAB/install_matlab2.out`	Log file for an installation using CD 2 of the MathWorks CD set.

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

Solving File Permission Problems Problems Starting MATLAB