Cannot install libSBML in MATLAB

I am having troubles installing libSBML, which I need to use GenSSI for parameter identifiability in Simbiology. I am following the instructions in this documentation, but I cannot use SBML in either case: when I add 'manually' the folder to the path and try to run the command `TranslateSBML('test.xml')`, the following error pops up:

Execution of script TranslateSBML as a function is not supported:

C:\Users\elisa\libsbml\src\bindings\matlab\TranslateSBML.m

And if I try to run installSBML.m, the following error occurs:

Error using installSBML

Executables were not found.Please make sure they are in the same directory as the installSBML and other scripts.

I opened an issue on github, but haven't received an answer yet.

Answer 1

[Jeremy Huard]

Hi @Elisa,

did you download the binaries or just the src files?

You need to download the archive libsbml-x.xx.x-matlab.binaries.zip (or tar.gz) to get the associated mex files.

Please note that this will allow GenSSI to support SBML files. But GenSSI runs independently of SimBiology.

Best regards,

Jérémy

[Elisa]

Thank you, since there was a folder "bindings/MATLAB" I figured I would not need to download also that archive, but apparently in the cloned github version there weren't the executables! I was able to add libSBML to the path and make it work.