Matlab will not start on Ubuntu 14.04

Hello,

I have Matlab R2015b installed on Ubuntu 14.04. When I start Matlab using the file "Matlab" in the Matlab root/bin folder, the start window appears for a few seconds and closes again and then nothing happens.

I have another Matlab version installed parallel (R2014a), that I would prefer to not uninstall.

Things i've tried:

• sudo chown jeroen:jeroen /home/jeroen/.matlab/R2015b
• matlab-support always rus the R2014a-Version
• options like "matlab -nodesktop" always run the R2014a, too

Would be nice to get some help.

Best regards,

Jeroen

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

You should contact Mathworks for free support on installation problems.

Answer 2

[Jeroen Schäfer]

The Mathworks-support helped very well.

I can start Matlab using the command

    ./matlab

inside the directory

    $matlabroot/R2015b/bin

This works quite fine for me.