Unable to install Matlab in sudo mode

Question

I am trying to install 64-bit version of Matlab in my ArchLinux, running KDE.
The installer was able to start when I typed
/media/iso/instal
(install being the install sh script).
However, it wasn't able to create folders due to permission limits.
So, I decided to run it as a root, I type
sudo /media/iso/install
and it gave me bunch of errors and existed to the prompt again.
Here is just part of that error message
Preparing installation files ...
Installing ...
No protocol specified
No protocol specified
Exception in thread "main" com.google.inject.ProvisionException: Guice provision errors:
1) Error injecting constructor, java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class sun.awt.X11GraphicsEnvironment
at com.mathworks.wizard.ui.laf.UIDefaultsTableImpl.<init>(UIDefaultsTableImpl.java:17)
while locating com.mathworks.wizard.ui.laf.UIDefaultsTableImpl
while locating com.mathworks.wizard.ui.laf.UIDefaultsTable
at com.mathworks.wizard.ui.laf.LookAndFeelModule.provideUIProperties(LookAndFeelModule.java:41)
while locating com.mathworks.wizard.ui.laf.UIProperties
for parameter 4 at com.mathworks.wizard.ui.WizardUIImpl.<init>(WizardUIImpl.java:75)
while locating com.mathworks.wizard.ui.WizardUIImpl
while locating com.mathworks.wizard.ui.WizardUI annotated with @com.google.inject.name.Named(value=BaseWizardUI)
at com.mathworks.wizard.ui.UIModule.provideWizardUI(UIModule.java:36)
while locating com.mathworks.wizard.ui.WizardUI
for parameter 0 at com.mathworks.wizard.ExceptionHandlerImpl.<init>(ExceptionHandlerImpl.java:23)
while locating com.mathworks.wizard.ExceptionHandlerImpl
while locating com.mathworks.wizard.ExceptionHandler
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class sun.awt.X11GraphicsEnvironment
Last edited by kdar (2010-10-24 13:31:09)

Answer 1

ngoonee wrote:
When you're root some env variables aren't propagated, so probably your java env variables are among those.
I'd suggest installing Matlab as user, that's what I do with mine. Just create a folder anywhere (let's say /opt/Matlab) and chmod -R youruser:yourgroup on that folder, and you're good to go.
Thanks that worked, but I just realized I have not enough space on my root partition.
I guess I will just install it in my home folder somewhere.