This is for Linux.
MATLAB and no JDK
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LINUX
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The instructions are meant to be done within a shell with root privileges. We assume to start you have
done sudo su - root to acquire a root shell.
#: Install matlab - linux
#: ==========================
#: linux version - 25.2 and up
#: Put binaries in your path.
#: The symlinks use the fact /usr/local/bin is in user path.
ver=25.2
curl https://www.cns.nyu.edu/linux/matlab$ver.tgz | tar xz -C /usr/local
cd /usr/local/bin
ln -s /usr/local/matlab$ver/bin/matlab matlab$ver
#: Do this once [optional]
#: ===============
#: set the default matlab binaries
def=25.2
cd /usr/local
ln -s matlab$def matlab
cd /usr/local/bin
ln -s /usr/local/matlab/bin/matlab
#: Remove vulnerable java
#: ======================
#: tar up the java that comes with matlab because it is vulnerable.
#: This is unnecessary if you download our prebuilt version above.
#: ver=25.2
cd /usr/local/matlab$ver/sys/java
tar czf jre.tgz jre
rm -rf jre