MATLAB in Mountain Lion

Givedark · 02-06-2013, 06:19 PM

What do you have to do to install MATLAB 2012b in Mountain Lion? I instaled quartz (which I guess is the new version of X11), but when I download the installer from I just get a download_agent file. If I try to open it I get an error

"The document download_agent" could not be opened. Dashcode can not open files in the "data" format.

DeltaMac · 02-06-2013, 08:32 PM

According to this article
http://www.mathworks.com/support/sol...data/1-IXBVKD/
X11 is not required for MATLAB R2012b

Maybe this page will help you - http://quantumtunnel.wordpress.com/2...n-without-x11/

Have you tried simply logging out of your user, then logging back in, or just restarting your Mac, then try the MATLAB installer again?

Givedark · 02-08-2013, 08:22 PM

I tried all of the above, to no avail

DeltaMac · 02-08-2013, 09:08 PM

Good...
What did MATLAB support at Mathworks tell you?
Did you post your question at the MATLAB central? http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/

Did you check in your Console for any relevant messages?
I _think_ that MATLAB needs Java, but I'm not sure. Mountain Lion does not have Java installed by default. Do you need to install that first?

02-06-2013, 06:19 PM	#1
Givedark Triple-A Player Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 86	MATLAB in Mountain Lion What do you have to do to install MATLAB 2012b in Mountain Lion? I instaled quartz (which I guess is the new version of X11), but when I download the installer from I just get a download_agent file. If I try to open it I get an error "The document download_agent" could not be opened. Dashcode can not open files in the "data" format.

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02-06-2013, 08:32 PM	#2
DeltaMac League Commissioner Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 7,963	According to this article http://www.mathworks.com/support/sol...data/1-IXBVKD/ X11 is not required for MATLAB R2012b Maybe this page will help you - http://quantumtunnel.wordpress.com/2...n-without-x11/ Have you tried simply logging out of your user, then logging back in, or just restarting your Mac, then try the MATLAB installer again?

02-08-2013, 08:22 PM	#3
Givedark Triple-A Player Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 86	I tried all of the above, to no avail

02-08-2013, 09:08 PM	#4
DeltaMac League Commissioner Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 7,963	Good... What did MATLAB support at Mathworks tell you? Did you post your question at the MATLAB central? http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/ Did you check in your Console for any relevant messages? I _think_ that MATLAB needs Java, but I'm not sure. Mountain Lion does not have Java installed by default. Do you need to install that first?