Matlab Tethered Installation

From CAE Software

[edit] Tethered Installation Steps - Windows

Step 1. Before you Install:

• Map a Network Drive to the CAE media server (kamino).
• Authorize your computer to use tethered software. Use your CAE username and password to gain access to CAE tethered licensing. Each authorization has a duration of 12 hours.
• Download license.dat, the Matlab tethered license configuration file. You will need this in step 6b below. This simple text file can be downloaded with a right click on the download link. Choose Save Target As... save it to your Desktop or other convenient temporary location. The file name should be license.dat

Step 2. Start the Installer, Setup.exe (not Installer.exe). On the Welcome to Mathwork Installer window, select Install.

Step 3. Enter identification and license information. Enter your name, the company (UW-Madison) and the PLP for the version you are installing.

Step 4. Review and agree to the Software License Agreement.

Step 5. Choose Installation Type. Most users should select Typical. NOTE: Campus Wireless users: the Typical install is approximately 2.3 Gig and will take more than two hours to install. The minimal install, just Matlab 7.5 with no extra toolboxes, is approximately 0.6 Gig and will take approximately 30 minutes to complete.

Step 6. Select, Install the product version from my DVD or local disk only

Step 6b. Browse to your Desktop (or wherever you saved the license.dat configuration file) and select it. NOTE: Once the installation is complete, you can remove the license.dat file on your Desktop. This downloaded copy of the license configuration file is only needed during the installation process.

Step 7. Specify Installation Folder and Products.

Step 8. Specify Installation Options (Custom Install only).

Step 9. Confirm Your Choices.

Step 10. Read Product configuration Notes.

Step 11. Complete the Installation.

[edit] Install the Most Current Version

To download licensed products you must be associated with a license:

1. Log in or create an account on The Mathworks support site.
2. Within your MathWorks Account, click "Associate Me with a License" under the "My Licenses" section.
3. Enter your license number, which is accessible by typing "ver" from the MATLAB command line.

[edit] Download Updates During the Install

Starting with Release 2006b, you can download products directly from the installer on Microsoft Windows platforms. You must meet the requirements to download and have the following:

• Installer (on your product CD or by download)
• MathWorks Account
• Internet connection
• Personal license password (PLP) see above the the PLP.

see also: Matlab

[edit] Authorize and Run

[edit] Additional Information

After the installation, if you are having problems with licensing error # 96 which implies that there is a communication problem between the server and your computer, Please follow this step:

• Copy the license file that you have saved in the desktop to C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2006a\bin\win32 and you should be overwriting a previous file

[edit] Tethered Installation Steps - Linux/Unix

These instructions created using Ubuntu 7.10

Step 1. Before you Install:

• Map a Network Drive to the CAE media server (kamino).
• Authorize your computer to use tethered software. Use your CAE username and password to gain access to CAE tethered licensing. Each authorization has a duration of 12 hours.
• Download license.dat, the Matlab tethered license configuration file. You will need this in step 6b below. This simple text file can be downloaded with a right click on the download link. Choose Save Target As... save it to your Desktop or other convenient temporary location. The file name should be license.dat

Step 2. Create the matlab directory as root and move the licence file to $MATLAB/etc/:

root@localhost# mkdir /usr/local/matlab /usr/local/matlab/etc
root@localhost# mv ~/Desktop/license.dat /usr/local/matlab/etc/license.dat

Step 3. Navigate to the DVD mount point or directory where installation information is located and run the installer

root@localhost# ./install

Step 4. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

• You may need to delete some junk from the end of the license file so that it looks like this:

• And you will probably want to create the appropriate links (make sure the box is checked):

Step 5. Run matlab

user@localhost$ matlab