How to install Matlab runtime 2024b on mac noninteractively

I am trying to install the Matlab runtime 2024b intel version on a Mac. I can install it without a problem using GUI installer interactively on my Mac with Apple silicon. However, I can not install it non-interactively using the command line. I want to try a non-interactive install because I will need to install the Matlab runtime 2024b on server Mac machines, where I don't have GUI control.

I can do the noninteractively install before with runtime 2020 using the following command after unzipping the installation file.

./install -mode silent -agreeToLicense yes

Now with Matlab runtime 2024, the file I got is a .dmg.zip instead of .zip, and I got a .dmg file after unzipping. Then I use

hdiutil attach MATLAB_Runtime_R2024b_Update_3_maci64.dmg -nobrowse -quiet

to mount.

Then I tried the following to install but got the error

/Volumes/MATLAB_Runtime_R2024b_Update_3_maci64/InstallForMacOSIntelProcessor.app/Contents/MacOS/InstallForMacOSIntelProcessor -agreeToLicense yes

Command-line key must start with a prefix "-": "yes"

find: /var/folders/2q/m4s3c0fj1cn_rck5j97fc6j40000gp/T/installer_21411: No such file or directory

find: /var/folders/2q/m4s3c0fj1cn_rck5j97fc6j40000gp/T/installer_21411/archives: No such file or directory

find: /var/folders/2q/m4s3c0fj1cn_rck5j97fc6j40000gp/T/installer_21411/archives: No such file or directory

I tried to add - to yes, and adding -- to agreeToLicense, but still not working.

I tried to remove -agreeToLicense yes option and run

/Volumes/MATLAB_Runtime_R2024b_Update_3_maci64/InstallForMacOSIntelProcessor.app/Contents/MacOS/InstallForMacOSIntelProcessor

only, and it does trigger the GUI installer and successfully installed Matlab, but needs user interaction.

Any suggestion I can install the Matlab runtime 2024 without user interaction? Thanks!

Answer 1

[Alan]

Hi Hao,

From my understanding, you are trying to perform a non-interactive installation of MATLAB Runtime R2024b with a .DMG file.

I have tried this on my MAC and faced the same issues. It could be because silent installation using .DMG files is not supported on MAC machines as mentioned in the following article:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/install/ug/install-noninteractively-silent-installation.html#:~:text=Downloading%20and%20silently%20installing%20products%20from%20DMG%20images%20on%20macOS%20is%20not%20supported.

Hence, you can refer to alternative methods from the following article: https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/2148739-how-can-i-obtain-matlab-macos-offline-installation-files-for-matlab-releases-that-do-not-have-a-dmg

However, I am not sure all the methods would work for MATLAB Runtime as the article is meant for MATLAB. If none of the article's methods work, you could contact MathWorks support: https://www.mathworks.com/support/contact_us.html

Regards,

Alan

[Hao]

Thanks Alan!

Answer 2

[Hao]

I found an alternative solution. The folloing steps works for me.

on local machine:

Install the Matlab runtime 2024b interactively as normal.

cd /Applications/MATLAB/MATLAB_Runtime

tar -czvf R2024b.tar.gz R2024b

Copy R2024b.tar.gz onto your remote machine, and run the following on remote

tar -xzvf /path/to/R2024b.tar.gz -C /Applications/MATLAB/MATLAB_Runtime/

Then I am able to run Matlab runtime on my remote machine.