Unable to activate your machine. The activation process cannot detect a valid Host ID which utilizes a currently supported naming convention. Please refer to the

Hi I'm trying to install matlab 2013b into ubuntu linux 18.04 which i run on macbook parallel(virtual machine). The reason why I install in the ubuntu linux at virtual machine is because I have been using another heavy program (Vivado) in linux and I need Matlab to work with it in the same environment.

Anyway, after the installation process is finished, the confirmation window appears saying "Error 1,714: Unable to activate your machine. The activation process cannot detect a valid Host ID which utilizes a currently supported naming convention. Please refer to the following solution ID, to help resolve this issue: 1-661QJD "

I have a student liscense, and I previously installed in mac OS but deleted it as I was going to use it in Linux. I have done other solutions out there like this one https://askubuntu.com/questions/767786/changing-network-interfaces-name-ubuntu-16-04 but it doesnt work for me.

What seems to be the problem and how do I solve it? Please help me..

[Walter Roberson]

R2013b was not supported on Ubuntu 18, which did not exist until 2018.

Answer 1

[Anjaneyulu Bairi]

Hi taehyung kim

I understand that you are getting errors related to license activation of MATLAB in your Linux machine. Please visit the below link which might help in resolving your query.

• https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/100235-why-can-t-i-activate-matlab-or-start-the-network-license-manager-in-a-newer-linux-environment

Hope it helps in resolving your query.

[Walter Roberson]

@Anjaneyulu Bairi

The information in that post is not going to help install R2013b into Ubuntu 18. R2013b needs libraries that do not exist in Ubuntu 18.