error messages when installing matlab. How to fix this?

When I try to install matlab on my CentOS 8 virtual machine, the below messsages show when I try to run it as a user or root user. How do I fix this?

[charl@localhost matlab]$ sudo ./install

No protocol specified

terminate called after throwing an instance of '(anonymous namespace)::DisplayError'

what(): No display available.

Aborted

[charl@localhost matlab]$ ./install

terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::runtime_error'

what(): Unable to launch the MATLABWindow application

Aborted (core dumped)

Answer 1

[Charlotte Liang]

I found the soluiton here:

user@computer $ xhost +

>> access control disabled, clients can connect from any host

Then open a terminal as root and export the DISPLAY and run the installer:

root@computer # export DISPLAY=:0.0

root@computer # ./install

[Nikhil Jayswal]

Thank you so much! This saved me a lot of time. Do you have any idea why it works?

Answer 2

[Mario Malic]

Here could be a solution for you https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/527179-why-do-i-receive-terminate-called-after-throwing-an-instance-of-anonymous-namespace-displayerro?s_tid=answers_rc1-2_p2_MLT