File Installation Key For Matlab R2021a
Rosalie Checca
Installing in cloud instances (CodeOcean-provided Matlab and Matlab-provided images) fails. There are two issues, outlined below, and I sketch out possible solutions, but they would need to be implemented by the package maintainers (Sebastien?)
Installation of Matlab is not necessary - each image has Matlab pre-installed. However, the Matlab-provided image requires a login to a Mathworks account to actually run matlab, even when running with a network license (not sure if this matters). The account is prompted when launching matlab, interactively.
In both cases, installation happens via apt-get in the Dockerfile. (see follow-up message for details) Installing dynare DEB package works (version is 4.6.0). It is the dynare-matlab package that fails.
If you plan to use Dynamo in the Mac without a Matlab license use this google drive link. This link is updated less frequently than the link for the latest Linux version. If you want the latest version of Dynamo as standalone for the Mac, drop us an email.
A standalone/matlab version for Windows 7 can be downloaded in this google drive link. This link is updated less frequently than the link for the latest Linux or Mac versions. The Windows version is unsupported and distributed "as is". If you find installation problems, we advice you to use a different platform.
In previous versions, a file with extension .txt would be read as a matrix of number. From version 1.1.516, this default was changed into a cell array of text lines (to make the extension coherent with the usual interpretation of such files). This has cascaded some backward compatibility problems. This version solves all the reported ones; please let us know if you identify further bugs.
If a software package you would like to use for your research is not available on a cluster, you can request it to be installed. The software requests are evaluated by the HPC staff on a case-by-case basis. Before you send in a software request, please go through the information below.
MATLAB is a high-level language and interactive environment developed by Mathworks. It is widely used in science and engineering across industry and academia. Users need to provide their own license file, which should have a .lic extension and be located under /home/$USER/.matlab/R2020a_licenses.
Matlab is installed on most of the HPC clusters. It is, however, license software, which means that it is only availabe to users or user groups who have access to a license, purchased either individually or by the users' institution.
If you do have lots of similar jobs, we recommend you to compile your Mablab scripts using the Matlab compiler, and the jobs using the compiled executable will not take license seats, If you need help in this regard, please contact us at sys-...@loni.org.
For LONI users who want to use Matlab on QB2, you need to provide your own license file. The license file should have a .lic extension and be located under the "/home/$USER/.matlab/R_licenses" directory. For example, in order to user Matlab R2013a, you need to create the directory ".matlab/R2013a_licenses" under your home directory and put the license file there.
Users should note that most Matlab license servers are restrictive about the IP addresses from which licenses can be checked out. In another word, a user will not be able to run Matlab on QB2 until the IP addresses of QB2 nodes are added to the allowed list of the license server specified in the license file. In most cases, users need to contact the admistrator of their license server and request the IP addresses of QB2 nodes to be added. If you need help in this regard, please contact us at sys-...@loni.org.
Matlab Parallel Server (MPS) allows users to run their Matlab codes on multiple nodes, potentially accelerating the execution significantly. To use MPS on Super Mike 2 or SuperMIC, follow the steps below:
Step 3: Create a pool of workers before any other parallel functions: parpool(,) , where the should be 'SuperMike2' on Super Mike 2 and 'SuperMIC' on SuperMIC, and the should be equal to the number of cores available to your job. For instance, for 4 nodes on SuperMIC, the line should look like:
An X11 service is not installed by default, but one is availablefor installation on the OS distribution disks as an add-on. Analternative would be to install the XQuartz version. Make sure the X11application is running and connect to the cluster using:
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