Matlab 2017b not launching in Ubuntu

I am trying to run Matlab 2017b on a server running Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS (GNU/Linux 4.4.0-79-generic x86_64).

I am remoting into the server using ssh and X11-forwarding with a Mac.

Installation worked fine, but now when I try to launch I get the following error:

>> /usr/local/MATLAB/R2017b/bin/matlab
MATLAB is selecting SOFTWARE OPENGL rendering.
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::runtime_error'
  what():  Unable to launch the MATLABWindow application

I've searched around the forums and installed several recommended packages, but I can't seem to get it to launch.

Please let me know if there's a fix. Thanks!

[Knut Sindre Åbjørsbråten]

I have this precice problem too. Running Ubuntu as a VM in vmware, if that helps. I'm on Ubuntu 17.10.

Answer 1

[Knut Sindre Åbjørsbråten]

James, I was also struggling with this. The answer for Matlab 2017a on Ubuntu 17.10 was solution #2 here :

In short ( you should probably run the test on the link above first ):

# cd /usr/local/MATLAB/R2017b   (or wherever you may have installed MATLAB)
# cd cefclient/sys/os/glnxa64   (or whichever directory is indicated in above table)
# mkdir exclude
# mv libglib-2.0.so* exclude/   (or whichever library is indicated in above table)

[Leandro Santana]

Thank you so much! Solved my problem on Kubuntu 17.10!