# matlab launcher script / installation instructions for new linux machines

## 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matlab ships with shitty outdated qt and c++ libraries and it breaks on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

```sh
sudo mkdir -p /opt/MATLAB
sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /opt/MATLAB

# get the matlab package manager and install matlab to the directory
wget https://www.mathworks.com/mpm/glnxa64/mpm
./mpm install --release=R2026a --destination=/opt/MATLAB/R2026a --products MATLAB Simulink

# broken libraries begone
cd /opt/MATLAB/R2026a/bin/glnxa64
mkdir exclude
mv libfreetype.so* exclude/

# ditto
cd /opt/MATLAB/R2026a/sys/os/glnxa64
mkdir exclude
mv libstdc++.so.6* exclude/
```

after installing, run `matlab.sh` to launch matlab