[arch-general] Problem with MATLAB libraries

[Alive 4ever]

On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 06:34:39AM +0000, Foxtrot Mike via arch-general wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have MATLAB 8.6 (2015b). If I install MATLAB in the default directory 
> (/usr/local/MATLAB), everything works fine. However, I want to install 
> MATLAB on a different partition (/mnt/Software). I installed MATLAB on 
> Software parition successfully, but when I try to run matlab, I get this 
> error:
> 
> =====================================================================
>  >pwd
> /mnt/Software/LinuxMatlab/installed/bin
>  >./matlab
> expr: error while loading shared libraries: libc.so.6: cannot open 
> shared object file: No such file or directory
> /bin/uname: error while loading shared libraries: libc.so.6: cannot open 
> shared object file: No such file or directory
> 
>      Sorry! We could not determine the machine architecture for your
>             host. Please contact:
> 
>                 MathWorks Technical Support
> 
>             for further assistance.
> 
> trap: usage: trap [-lp] [[arg] signal_spec ...]
> =====================================================================
> 
> I think I need to link some libraries so that MATLAB can access them 
> from the Software parition. I am not quite sure how to do it and which 
> libraries do I need to symlink. Any help would be appreciated!

Have you read ld.so(8) manpage?

Try running the executable by explicitly specifying LD_LIBRARY_PATH
environment variable

$ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib ./matlab