#!/bin/bash # Context # matlab ships with shitty outdated qt and c++ libraries and it breaks on # anything from the current decade.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