Why do R2024b products not launch on RHEL 7.9-based machines with an error mentioning "GLIBC_2.18 not found"?

Why do R2024b products not launch on RHEL 7.9-based machines with an error mentioning "GLIBC_2.18 not found"? Below is the whole error message.

MATLAB: detail/MvmLocalBoundMethods.cpp:112: static void mvm::detail::MvmLocalBoundMethods::initMethods(bool): Assertion `Failed to open local mvm library: /lib64/libm.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.18' not found (required by /usr/local/MATLAB/R2024b/bin/glnxa64/../../sys/os/glnxa64/libgfortran.so.5)' failed.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

Starting with R2024b, most MathWorks products do not support RHEL 7.9-based distributions of Linux. The products that are still supported on RHEL 7.9 are listed below.

• Polyspace Client for Ada
• Polyspace Server for Ada
• Polyspace Access