How do I check to see if a specific package is installed during runtime?

My personal computer has the Parallel Computing Toolbox, but my work computer does not. How can I check during runtime if the computer I am running a program on has that package installed? Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

There are two things you can check:

ver('distcomp')                  %this tells you whether it is _installed_
license('test','Distrib_Computing_Toolbox')   %this tells you whether it is _licensed_

It is a pain that you have to know the exact magic names and that the names are different for the two facilities.