Run app created in Matlab on Mac

Good day! Could anyone please tell me how to run application created in Matlab on Mac? My situation is:

I don't have Matlab on Mac, but I've installed MCR, and I can't understand lines in readme.txt file:

setenv DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
                <mcr_root>/v711/runtime/maci64:
                <mcr_root>/v711/sys/os/maci64:
                <mcr_root>/v711/bin/maci64:
                /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/JavaVM:
                /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Libraries
            setenv XAPPLRESDIR <mcr_root>/v711/X11/app-defaults

So what should I do according these lines???

Answer 1

[Chirag Gupta]

You need to set two environment variables to the following.

DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH and XAPPLRESDIR. The mcr_root is the location where you installed the MCR.

Open a Terminal: Execute the commands above (replacing mcr_root with actual location), navigate to where you have the Matlab app, and run it.

[Maxim]

Thanks for your answer very much!

But when I try to run these lines in terminal, I see error (after line setenv DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH):

-bash: setenv: command not found

I googled this problem and I found possible decision:

"If the setenv command fails with a message like: ’setenv: command not found’ or ’setenv: not found’, you are very likely not using a command interpreter (shell) of a C-Shell flavour (e.g. csh or tcsh). Please replace the command setenv my_variable my_value by the following command sequence my_variable=my_value ; export my_variable"

But it does not work and I see: -bash: DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH: command not found.

May I ask you to tell me how I should set environment variable?

[Titus Edelhofer]

your google tells you the right thing to do: you could just enter

export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH = <mcr_root>/v711/runtime/maci64:<mcr_root>/ ...

export XAPPLRESDIR = ...

Titus

[Maxim]

Thanks a lot for explanation, I tried to do it, as you said, in terminal I wrote (I have installed MCR in the folder "mcr" on the Desktop):

export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/Users/julialavrentyeva/Desktop/mcr/v711/runtime/maci64:/Users/julialavrentyeva/Desktop/mcr/v711/sys/os/maci64:/Users/julialavrentyeva/Desktop/mcr//v711/bin/maci64:/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/JavaVM:/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Libraries

then i press Enter and wrote:

export XAPPLRESDIR =/Users/julialavrentyeva/Desktop/mcr/v711/X11/app-defaults

after pressing Enter I changed the directory where Matlab app is saved:

cd /Users/julialavrentyeva/Documents/MATLAB/Dip

after this I want to run the app, so I have written (Dip it is a name of the app):

open Dip

But the answer form Terminal is:

imac-julia-lavrentyeva:~ julialavrentyeva$ /Users/julialavrentyeva/Documents/MATLAB/Dip/Dip ; exit;

dyld: Library not loaded: @loader_path/libmwmclmcrrt.7.11.dylib

Referenced from: /Users/julialavrentyeva/Documents/MATLAB/Dip/Dip

Reason: image not found

Trace/BPT trap

logout

Could you suppose where I am wrong???

Answer 2

[Jerome Lecoq]

This post is very good demonstration of how terrible the deployment process is on the mac. We SHOULD be able to just click on it (like in the windows plateform).

[Sagar Zade]

For newer MATLAB versions this post might be helpful: Why do I receive an error about "libmwlaun​chermain.d​ylib" library not loaded when I attempt to execute my compiled application on macOS?

Answer 3

[Maxim]

I don't know how but now this app works :))

But each time when I want to run this I have to open Terminal and type:

export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/Users/julialavrentyeva/Desktop/mcr/v711/runtime/maci64:/Users/julialavrentyeva/Desktop/mcr/v711/sys/os/maci64:/Users/julialavrentyeva/Desktop/mcr//v711/bin/maci64:/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/JavaVM:/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Libraries

export XAPPLRESDIR =/Users/julialavrentyeva/Desktop/mcr/v711/X11/app-defaults

cd /Users/julialavrentyeva/Desktop/matlApp

open Dip.app

If I close Dip.app and Terminal, to run Dip.app again I have to type previous lines again... It's good that this app can work, but does anybody know how to run this app in usual way - just click it?

[Chirag Gupta]

In your root you will most probably have an hidden .bashrc file or a .profile file. You can edit this file and set the environment variables there. This will ensure that these variables persist

[Maxim]

Thanks for your comment!

There is only hidden file ".DS_Store" in the directory with Dip.app. I have found hidden file ".bash_profile" - so should I add lines like:

# Setting PATH for MCR

DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/Users/julialavrentyeva/Desktop/mcr/v711/runtime/maci64:/Users/julialavrentyeva/Desktop/mcr/v711/sys/os/maci64:/Users/julialavrentyeva/Desktop/mcr//v711/bin/maci64:/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/JavaVM:/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Libraries

export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH

XAPPLRESDIR=/Users/julialavrentyeva/Desktop/mcr/v711/X11/app-defaults

export XAPPLRESDIR

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