Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2013 10:31:13 +0100 From: Tijl Coosemans <tijl@coosemans.org> To: Vijay Kaul <vijaykaul@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing Matlab Message-ID: <5131C6E1.3050000@coosemans.org> In-Reply-To: <CAOgC9OjJVzfkWtnXWx9c%2BLURnZ%2BYEEXnZ--V%2Br3PnR5MLWcyQw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAOgC9Oi=Mt-tgjQpzmGJGS9gYiS5RsEtPVhP4X=viSKh9tz%2Bpw@mail.gmail.com> <511E01BA.20307@coosemans.org> <511E6509.9090703@coosemans.org> <CAOgC9OjB5kVfFp_EO-R8Tfmu=oy-j6_UBpYVFPmqHqJ2Jv_NcQ@mail.gmail.com> <51310F25.9070404@coosemans.org> <CAOgC9OigPyd7uQ4ZHzJQVKEEqZZML9XYnAQt9MX9mFmWV0KdSA@mail.gmail.com> <51312B41.2060901@coosemans.org> <CAOgC9OjJVzfkWtnXWx9c%2BLURnZ%2BYEEXnZ--V%2Br3PnR5MLWcyQw@mail.gmail.com>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) ------enig2LLLRPQSNXNJTOJCTXLGW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 01-03-2013 23:55, Vijay Kaul wrote: > On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 5:27 PM, Tijl Coosemans <tijl@coosemans.org> wro= te: >> On 01-03-2013 22:35, Vijay Kaul wrote: >>> On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 3:27 PM, Tijl Coosemans <tijl@coosemans.org> w= rote: >>>> On 01-03-2013 21:07, Vijay Kaul wrote: >>>>> On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 11:40 AM, Tijl Coosemans <tijl@coosemans.or= g> wrote: >>>>>> On 15-02-2013 10:36, Tijl Coosemans wrote: >>>>>>> On 14-02-2013 22:42, Vijay Kaul wrote: >>>>>>>> I was wondering if anyone has had any recent (or not-so-recent) >>>>>>>> experience installing Matlab on FreeBSD/PC-BSD? (Yes, I know abo= ut >>>>>>>> octave.) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I'm not entirely new to *nix, but I'm novice enough that I can'= t seem >>>>>>>> to get this to work. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Perhaps the shortest and simplest solution would be if Mathwork= s own >>>>>>>> installer would function, but that runs as a Java Web Start >>>>>>>> application, and I can't seem to get that working in Opera, Fire= fox, >>>>>>>> or Konqueror. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The automatic rout having failed, I've downloaded the files man= ually, >>>>>>>> and I've tried to run the install script; however, it's failed a= s >>>>>>>> well. I found this site: >>>>>>>> <http://matrossi.blogspot.com/2011/08/installing-matlab-2011a-on= -freebsd.html>, >>>>>>>> which claims installation instructions for PC-BSD8.2 boiling dow= n to: >>>>>>>> open up the shell scripts and take /bin/sh --> /compat/linux/bin= /sh. >>>>>>>> Well, that seems to help a bit, but it also fails because the in= stall >>>>>>>> script determines my architecture to be x68, while the downloads= are >>>>>>>> for (what they call) a64. (My system is indeed a 64-bit system. >>>>>>>> Perhaps the above instructions were for an x86 system.) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I feel like if I could modify the install script sufficiently, = the >>>>>>>> install would work. My bash scripting is weak, though, and I wor= ry >>>>>>>> about screwing up my system and/or the installation. There are o= nly a >>>>>>>> few functions in there that are looking for architecture type, u= sually >>>>>>>> with the output from uname. I think fixing those would work...? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Could anyone help me get past this point? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks in advance! And please, if there's any info I can provid= e that >>>>>>>> would be helpful, please just let me know. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Output of uname -a: >>>>>>>> FreeBSD pcbsd-8517 9.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE #2: Tue Nov = 27 >>>>>>>> 03:45:16 UTC 2012 >>>>>>>> root@darkstar:/usr/obj/pcbsd-build90/fbsd-source/9.1/sys/GENERIC= amd64 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The install script in question: <http://pastebin.com/QkEH1vkF>; >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Try creating this link: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ln -s ../usr/bin/expr /compat/linux/bin/expr >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Without this link Linux scripts run the FreeBSD expr which isn't = fully >>>>>>> compatible. >>>>>> >>>>>> And also, the Linux compatibility layer is 32bit so you need the x= 86 >>>>>> version of Matlab. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Oh, I didn't realize that Linux on FBSD was 32 bit. Thanks for >>>>> pointing that out. BTW, mathworks has stopped releasing new 32-bit >>>>> versions of matlab for linux, but you can still get R2012a for 32-b= it >>>>> linux. >>>>> >>>>> Regarding the linking advice.... I have a /bin/expr and >>>>> /compat/linux/usr/bin/expr. My naivety is showing, but if I did >>>>> >>>>> ~> ln -s /usr/bin/expr /compat/linux/usr/bin/expr >>>> >>>> That's not the same command as above. >>> >>> You're right. I didn't understand at first, but I think the command >>> you suggested assumed that the working directory was >>> /compat/linux/bin. >>> >>>> >>>>> don't I also need to edit my path so that the script would find my >>>>> link before finding the built-in FBSD command? Currently, my path >>>>> begins: /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/sbin:/u= sr/local/bin: >>>>> .... So I think the script would still use '/bin/expr'. >>>> >>>> Under Linux compat the order becomes: >>>> >>>> 1: /compat/linux/sbin/expr >>>> 2: /sbin/expr >>>> 3: /compat/linux/bin/expr <- You need to create this as a link= to 7 >>>> 4: /bin/expr <- FreeBSD expr >>>> 5: /compat/linux/usr/sbin/expr >>>> 6: /usr/sbin/expr >>>> 7: /compat/linux/usr/bin/expr <- Linux expr >>>> 8: /usr/bin/expr >>>> ... >>> >>> I don't have #s 1, 2, 5, 6, or 8. I have created 3 as a link to 7. >>> (And, of course, still have 4.) >>> This does, indeed, clear up any errors from expr! Thanks!! >>> >>> <snip> >>> >>> The next issue is the java errors given. A brief linux install guide = I >>> was given instructed: >>> >>> ... (2) install Sun/Oracle java and plugin (32-bit) and you may >>> actually need to use one or two versions back from the current versio= n >>> (depending on what's in the repositories anyway) >>> >>> I have, currently, installed the "OpenJDK b27" PBI (recall I'm really= >>> on PC-BSD). >>> >>> Any tips or suggestions on where to find and how to install Oracle's >>> Java? Why might I need an older version of Java? (Maybe they mean >>> going back to JRE 6?) How would I know? (I ask about where to get >>> Java, since Oracle claims only to support "linux", and the handbook >>> doesn't seem to have a section on it. I'm wondering if there's a righ= t >>> and wrong way to go here.) >>> >>> The Java exceptions I see are at <http://pastebin.com/GJCnEXfR>. >> >> I suspect the installer already contains java, so you don't have to >> install anything. >=20 > Yes, the installer *does* in fact seem to contain a jre of its own, a > point I had been confused about. >=20 >> The Linux version of java requires linprocfs though >> so make sure you have the following line in /etc/fstab: >> >> linprocfs /compat/linux/proc linprocfs rw 0 0 >> >> Then mount linprocfs using: mount /compat/linux/proc >=20 > I do have linprocfs in my fstab, and that seemed to work. Should I set > this command somewhere so that it executes on boot? >=20 >> The Java exception is caused by a link error though. Can you send the >> output of: >> >> objdump -p /tmp/mathworks_22112/bin/glnx86/libinstutil.so >> >=20 > Actually, no, I can't. It seems that the install script is not > actually even getting to a point where it creates anything in the /tmp > directory. I was thinking it might be cleaning up after itself, but > no, the directory doesn't get touched. (At least, if I 'touch > empty_file' or 'mkdir empty_dir' in /tmp, the timestamp on the > directory (from 'ls -al') is modified. Running the installer script > does not update the last modified timestamp on /tmp.) >=20 > On the other hand, if I run "sudo ./install -test -v" (the 'test' flag > suppresses execution of the java command, and the 'v' is for verbose) > I get the following output: >=20 > *** > Preparing installation files ... > -> DVD =3D /usr/home/vijay/Downloads/matlab_x86 > -> ARCH =3D glnx86 > -> DISPLAY =3D :0 > -> TESTONLY =3D 1 > -> JRE_LOC =3D /tmp/mathworks_35348/sys/java/jre/glnx86/jr= e > -> LD_LIBRARY_PATH =3D /tmp/mathworks_35348/bin/glnx86 >=20 > Command to run: > /tmp/mathworks_35348/sys/java/jre/glnx86/jre/bin/java > -splash:"/usr/home/vijay/Downloads/matlab_x86/java/splash.png" > -Djava.ext.dirs=3D/tmp/mathworks_35348/sys/java/jre/glnx86/jre/lib/ext:= /tmp/mathworks_35348/java/jar:/tmp/mathworks_35348/java/jarext:/tmp/mathw= orks_35348/java/jarext/axis2/:/tmp/mathworks_35348/java/jarext/guice/:/tm= p/mathworks_35348/java/jarext/webservices/ > com/mathworks/professionalinstaller/Launcher -root > "/usr/home/vijay/Downloads/matlab_x86" -tmpdir "/tmp/mathworks_35348" >=20 > Finished > *** >=20 > I *do* get to see that splash image when I run the script, so somehow, > java is running. (Or something else is throwing up a spash screen?) >=20 > Any thoughts on a next step? Maybe it uses /compat/linux/tmp? ------enig2LLLRPQSNXNJTOJCTXLGW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iF4EAREIAAYFAlExxuYACgkQfoCS2CCgtiv6KQD/fgs5x2myADrTeuzj3ct3J0iL xDstvFamQwtvGA5nIQ8A/0yWOjJ3F5TzfcNGZ394crG4MeXft3tQyh3mN2d3qWyK =jDEc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------enig2LLLRPQSNXNJTOJCTXLGW--
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