How do i execute Matlab Updates from command line without interaction (in silent mode)?

Dear Support Team,

we maintain different installations of several Matlab Releases on machines that perform automated regression tests.

Since most machines have several Matlab Releases installed, we talk about more than 50 installations.

How can we perform updates without user interaction? I'm looking for a commandline like

R2018a_Update_6.exe --inputFile myInstallation.txt

Thanks and best regards,

Jürgen Bohn

Answer 1

[Riya]

Hi Juergen Bohn,

I understand that you are looking for a way to execute MATLAB updates from the command line in silent mode, without user interaction.

This is indeed useful for maintaining multiple MATLAB installations across different machines.

To accomplish this, you may consider using the following approach:

• Download the “Update Installer” by navigating to the MathWorks website and download the required update (e.g., R2018a_Update_6.exe).
• Now, to execute the update in silent mode, run the installer using the following command:

R2018a_Update_6.exe -mode silent -agreeToLicense yes 

This ensures the update runs without requiring any user input.

• Additionally, in case you wish to do batch update for multiple installations, you can create a batch script (“update_all.bat”) to automate the update process. Kindly refer to the following batch script for your reference:

@echo off 
for %%V in (R2018a, R2019b, R2020a) do ( 
    "C:\Path\to\%%V_Update.exe" -mode silent -agreeToLicense yes 
    ) 

This script will loop through different MATLAB versions and apply the updates automatically.

• To verify updates after installation, check the MATLAB version by running:

version  

This will confirm that the update has been successfully installed.

For further reference on MATLAB silent installations, kindly refer to the official documentation:

https://www.mathworks.com/help//releases/R2021a/compiler/install-the-matlab-runtime.html