How to install matlab on opensuse tumbleweed?

I know it's not officially supported, but it is what I have.

So I installed matlab R2024b by unpaking the zip and running sudo -E ./install

When I now try to start it, after some time I just get

matlab                                                         
MATLAB is selecting SOFTWARE rendering.
Unable to communicate with required MathWorks services (error 5201).

Troubleshoot this issue by visiting: 
https://www.mathworks.com/support/lme/5201

The given link didn't really help. The only log I found was the tmp/mlctl_username.log with the following content

[Mon Jul 14 13:11:32 2025] Log output starting

[Mon Jul 14 13:11:32 2025] Locating previous installations

[Mon Jul 14 13:11:32 2025] Previous product version was: None

[Mon Jul 14 13:11:32 2025] Extraction started

[Mon Jul 14 13:11:36 2025] Extraction complete

[Mon Jul 14 13:11:36 2025] Installing the mshi files

[Mon Jul 14 13:11:36 2025] Installing mshi complete

[Mon Jul 14 13:11:36 2025] Saving mshi metadata to the disk

[Mon Jul 14 13:11:36 2025] Saving mshi metadata complete

[Mon Jul 14 13:11:36 2025] Stopping any previous installs

[Mon Jul 14 13:11:36 2025] The result code for stopping the process is: 0

[Mon Jul 14 13:11:36 2025] No previous installs, attempting current preuninstall to clean up Tech Previews

[Mon Jul 14 13:11:36 2025] The result code from calling pre-uninstall is: 2

[Mon Jul 14 13:11:36 2025] The result code from calling post-install is: 0

[Mon Jul 14 13:11:36 2025] Completed installation for the version v2025.2.2.1

@/home/username/.MathWorks/ServiceHost/localhost/v2025.2.2.1

[Mon Jul 14 13:11:36 2025] The result code for starting the process is: 0

[Mon Jul 14 13:11:36 2025] Cloning mshi metadata to the disk

[Mon Jul 14 13:11:36 2025] Cloning mshi metadata complete

[Mon Jul 14 13:11:36 2025] Deleting mshi metadata from the disk

[Mon Jul 14 13:11:36 2025] Deleting mshi metadata complete

[Mon Jul 14 13:11:37 2025] Log output completed

What else can I try?

Cheers

[Walter Roberson]

I speculate that you are encountering a problem with libC.6.0 being incompatible . You might need to move aside libC.6.0 from the MATLAB installation directory. Exact filename might vary.

Answer 1

[Conor Burgess]

This is due to changes in glibc 2.41 which have impacted dynamic library loading. The latest MathWorks Service Host release should resolve this - if you follow the instructions in this answer to run the MathWorks Service Host reinstaller, it will ensure you have the latest version and should resolve this issue.