add script

matlab.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Context
+# matlab ships with shitty outdated qt and c++ libraries and it breaks on
+# anything from the current decade.
+# this fixes it by making your pc fall back on the normal libraries.
+#
+# also we're gonna do this in a user-owned folder because that just seems like
+# a good idea
+
+# Installation:
+# sudo mkdir -p /opt/MATLAB
+# sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /opt/MATLAB
+#
+# wget https://www.mathworks.com/mpm/glnxa64/mpm
+# ./mpm install --release=R2026a --destination=/opt/MATLAB/R2026a --products MATLAB Simulink
+#
+# cd /opt/MATLAB/R2026a/bin/glnxa64
+# mkdir exclude
+# mv libfreetype.so* exclude/
+#
+# cd /opt/MATLAB/R2026a/sys/os/glnxa64
+# mkdir exclude
+# mv libstdc++.so.6* exclude/
+
+# after installing, run this script to launch matlab
+
+QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb
+PATH=/opt/MATLAB/R2026a/bin:$PATH
+
+exec matlab -licmode onlinelicensing