MATLAB Installation Guide for PC

System Requirements

For the most up-to-date information about system requirements, see the system requirements page, available in the products area at the MathWorks Web site (www.mathworks.com):

• Pentium, Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III, or AMD Athlon processor
• Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98 (original and Second Edition), Windows NT 4.0 (with Service Pack 5 for Y2K compliancy) or Windows 2000
• CD-ROM drive (for installation)
• 64 MB RAM minimum for Windows 95, 98, NT 4.0 and 2000; 128 MB RAM strongly recommended
• Disk space varies depending on size of partition and installation of online help files. The MathWorks Installer will inform you of the hard disk space requirement for your particular partition.
• 8-bit graphics adapter and display (for 256 simultaneous colors)

Other recommended items include:

• Microsoft Windows supported graphics accelerator card
• Microsoft Windows supported printer
• Microsoft Windows supported sound card
• Microsoft Word 7.0 (Office 95), 8.0 (Office 97), or Office 2000 is required to run the MATLAB Notebook.

One of the following is required to build your own MEX-files:

• Compaq Visual Fortran 5.0 or 6.1
• Microsoft Visual C/C++ version 5.0 or 6.0
• Borland C/C++ version 5.0, 5.02
• Borland C++Builder version 3.0, 4.0, or 5.0
• Lcc 2.4 (bundled with MATLAB)

Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view and print the MATLAB online documentation in PDF format.

MATLAB can be set up to operate on a network via the TCP/IP communications protocol.

Product Licensing

Standard Installation Procedure