Matlab fails to install Fedora 43

I try to install Matlab R2025b on my linux fedora 43 installation and I get an error about failling to load shared libraries

/install

/home/mike/Downloads/matlab_R2025b_Linux/bin/glnxa64/MathWorksProductInstaller: error while loading shared lib

raries: /home/mike/Downloads/matlab_R2025b_Linux/bin/glnxa64/libexpat.so.1: file too short

[Dyuman Joshi]

As Star Strider pointed out below that Fedora 43 is not listed on the Linux System requirements, but you can install it with certain check points (from the same documentation page) -

"It is likely that other distributions with Linux kernel version 4.18 or later and glibc version 2.28 or later can successfully run MATLAB and Simulink, but technical support will be limited."

Answer 1

[Mauricio]

Try to follow these intructions:

https://www.mathworks.com/support/search.html/answers/514575-when-running-the-mathworks-installer-on-linux-why-do-i-get-the-error-install_unix-error-while-loa.html?fq[]=asset_type_name:answer&fq[]=category:support/introduct1740&page=1

The problem may be only how you unzip the installation file, without proper soft/hard links creation during extraction. Run as root:

unzip -X -K matlab_R2021a_glnxa64.zip

Then start the installer.

It worked for me in the case of version 2021a and may work for newer versions too.