how to change matlabroot on ubuntu 12.04

Dear All,

I have 2012b installed and working on my ubuntu 12.04 box, I just downloaded and installed the 2013b version, but when I start matlab from the command line, the old 2012b version pops up.

How do I change matlab root from /usr/local/MATLAB/R2012b to /usr/local/MATLAB/R2013b, and delete the 2012b version?

Thank you,

Octavian

Answer 1

[Tony Evans]

If you have more than one version of Matlab installed, and you want the newer one to run I would change the symbolic link instead.

Open a terminal window and go to

/usr/local/bin folder

remove the old symbolic link with

sudo rm matlab

Create a new symbolic link to your newer version of Matlab. In my system it is located in /usr/local/R2016a (on yours it is /usr/local/MATLAB/R2013b) .

sudo ln -s /usr/local/R2016a/bin/matlab matlab

Now when you run matlab from the terminal, it should open the newer version.