Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 16:27:33 -0500 From: Brandon Fosdick <bfoz@glue.umd.edu> To: Glenn Johnson <glennpj@charter.net>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux Matlab on 4.2? Message-ID: <3A81BDC5.F932DA75@glue.umd.edu> References: <3A805F64.5AD03FA@glue.umd.edu> <20010206222303.A1542@gforce.homelan.net> <3A81B52F.9AB35084@glue.umd.edu>
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Brandon Fosdick wrote:
>
> Glenn Johnson wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 03:32:36PM -0500, Brandon Fosdick wrote:
> >
> > > I'm trying to install Matlab for Linux 5.3 on FreeBSD (stable, rebuilt
> > > yesterday). Does anybody have it working? Somebody in the archives
> > > mentioned having to install the Linux version of tar but the installer
> > > doesn't seem to be getting that far.
> >
> > I see no reason why you would need the Linux version of tar.
> >
> > >
> > > Here's what happens to me:
> > > 15:18 bfoz@806a-117~#/cdrom/install
> > >
> > > Sorry! We could not determine the machine architecture for your
> > > host. Please contact:
> > >
> > > MathWorks Technical Support
> > >
> > > for further assistance.
> > >
> > >
> > > Sorry! Setup aborted . . .
> > >
> >
> > You do not give any specifics so I will have to assume that the install
> > script is calling uname. I do not use Matlab but the above is most
> > likely due to the install script calling uname with an absolute path.
> > Binaries are stored in different areas on FreeBSD and Linux. For
> > instance, uname is in '/usr/bin' on FreeBSD but '/bin' on RedHat. Try
> > running the install script with the Linux shell (you do have Linux
> > compatibility enabled and the linux_base-6.1 port installed, right?).
> > So try the following:
> >
> > /compat/linux/bin/sh /cdrom/install
> >
> > This will cause the install script to be run under the linux shell
> > where it will pick up uname in /bin as it sees it, but it is actually
> > in /compat/linux/bin. The linux compatibility module will cause
> > /compat/linux to be the root of the filesystem for linux applications.
> >
> > Hope that helps.
>
> That works much better, the installer now runs to completion.
> Unfortunately it won't create any directories. If I manually create the
> directories it won't copy files into them. Its weird though cause the
> installer doesn't complain about not copying the files, it just finishes
> and exits, you have to look in the install log file to see that errors
> were generated (no such file or directory type errors).
>
> Is there some reason why it wouldn't be able to create the directories?
> I'm installing to /compat/linux/usr/matlabr11. I've tried making the
> install directory world read/write but that doesn't seem to help. Are
> there issues with linux compat and coying from cdrom?
I figured it out. This is why you the message in the archives talked
about installing the Linux version of tar. The installed, running in
Linux land, can't find /usr/bin/tar. Instead of installing tar I just
symlink'd to the /usr/local/bin/tar and everything worked.
Now my problem is getting Matlab itself to run.
Here's what I get running it straight out...
16:22 bfoz@806a-117~>/compat/linux/usr/matlabr11/bin/matlab
Sorry! We could not determine the machine architecture for your
host. Please contact:
MathWorks Technical Support
for further assistance.
..so I slap myself for being stupid and try this...
16:25 bfoz@806a-117~>/compat/linux/bin/sh
/compat/linux/usr/matlabr11/bin/matlab
/compat/linux/usr/matlabr11/bin/matlab: /dev/null: Permission denied
Internal error 1: We could not determine the path of the
MATLAB root directory.
original command path =
/compat/linux/usr/matlabr11/bin/matlab
current command path =
/compat/linux/usr/matlabr11/bin/matlab
Please contact:
MathWorks Technical Support
for further assistance.
So far the only way around this that I've found is to su before running
the above. I don't like running Matlab as root so I'm still looking for
a solution. Any ideas? Maybe I'll try changing the perms on /dev/null...
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