Concurrent License Installation Procedure (MATLAB Installation Guide for PC)

MATLAB Installation Guide for PC

Concurrent Installation Procedure

This section describes how to install MATLAB and the license manager in a concurrent installation. You can use this procedure to:

Install only the license manager on a PC license server
Install both the license manager and MATLAB on a PC license server (remote client access configuration)
Install only MATLAB on a PC (local client access configuration)

If your concurrent installation uses a UNIX system as a license server, see the Installation Guide for UNIX for instructions on installing the license manager on a UNIX system.

Before You Install

Before you run the installation program:

Turn off virus checking software.
Exit any programs you may have running, especially existing copies of MATLAB.
Make sure your system satisfies the requirements of the software you intend to install. For more information, see System Requirements.
Shut down the FLEXlm license manager, if it's running. (See Starting and Stopping the License Manager for instructions.)

Note To install MATLAB on a Microsoft Windows NT or Windows 2000 system, you must have administrator privileges. Windows 95 or Windows 98 systems are not recommended as license servers.

If you encounter any trouble during installation, see Chapter 4, Troubleshooting a PC Installation for answers to some common installation problems.

Installation Instructions

To install MATLAB or the license manager on a PC, follow these instructions:

Insert the MathWorks product CD into the CD-ROM drive or double-click on the installer file you downloaded from the MathWorks Web site. The MathWorks Installer starts automatically, displaying the Welcome to the MathWorks Installer dialog box.

If the installer does not start, open a Windows Explorer window, click on your CD-ROM drive, and double-click the setup.exe program in the top level directory.

Note The MathWorks Installer requires the Microsoft Java Virtual Machine (JVM). If your system does not have the required version of the JVM, the installer prompts you to install it. When the JVM installation is complete, you must reboot your system. If you leave the MathWorks product CD in your CD-ROM drive during the JVM installation, the MATLAB installation resumes automatically.

Enter your Personal License Password (PLP) in the Personal License Password dialog box and click Next. To avoid typing errors, copy the PLP from the license e-mail and paste it into this dialog box, using Ctrl+V. In concurrent configurations where you will perform multiple installations of MATLAB, use the same PLP for each installation.

Note Do not confuse your PLP with your License Number. A PLP is a series of five-digit numbers prefixed with a two-digit release code.

Review the software licensing agreement and, if you agree with the terms, click Yes. After installation, you can view the license agreement in the file license.txt located in the top level of your MATLAB installation directory.
Enter your name and your company name in the Customer Information dialog box and click Next.
Select the products you want to install and the directory in which you want to install them in the Product List dialog box and click Next. (Default values are displayed.)

Note To install the license manager, you must select it in the list of products by clicking in the box next to its name. By default, the license manager is not preselected for installation. If you only want to install the license manager, deselect all the other products in the product list.

Click Next to install all the products and documentation you are licensed to install into the default directory (C:\matlabR12). If you want to specify a different installation directory, note the following:

Install MATLAB in a new directory, even if you are upgrading a previously installed version of MATLAB.
Do not use the word "private" as the installation directory name.
Do not use a directory name that contains spaces or that starts with an at (@) sign.

If the directory that you specify does not exist, the installer creates it.

Selecting Products. If you do not want to install a particular product, deselect it in the list by clicking on the check mark next to its name. If you deselect a component now, you can always install it later. See "Installing Additional Products" on page 1-19 for more information.

Installing Documentation. If you are installing the documentation, the installer prompts you to insert the documentation CD into your CD-ROM drive to complete the installation. If you plan to view the documentation from the CD or install the documentation in a directory other than the MATLAB installation directory, choose the product-only option. If you change your mind, you can always install the documentation later.

Note The installer does not install the PDF version of the documentation. The PDF documentation is available on the CD or at the MathWorks Web site and is accessible through the Help browser.

In the License File Path dialog box, specify the location of your License File.

The location you enter here depends on the type of installation you are performing:

If you are installing the license manager, specify the location of the License File you created from your license e-mail. This is typically a temporary directory, such as C:\TEMP. See "Creating Your License File" on page 2-5 for more information.
If this is a MATLAB client installation and you are not installing the license manager, specify the location of the processed License File, created by the installer during the license manager installation. (Processed license files contain the SERVER line. See "License File" in Chapter 3 for more information.)

The following table lists the location of the processed License Files on PCs and UNIX systems.

Platform
Location of Processed License File

PC
$MATLAB\flexlm

UNIX
$MATLAB/etc
To use a License File created on a UNIX system on a PC, you must strip out the UNIX line-ending characters. For example, you can use the unix2dos utility on Sun systems to perform this function.

Platform	Location of Processed License File
`PC`	`$MATLAB\flexlm`
`UNIX`	`$MATLAB/etc` To use a License File created on a UNIX system on a PC, you must strip out the UNIX line-ending characters. For example, you can use the `unix2dos` utility on Sun systems to perform this function.

If you are installing the license manager on a Windows NT system, the installer displays the Install FLEXlm Service dialog box. (On Windows 95 and 98 systems, the top option is disabled because these platforms do not support services.)

Installing the license manager as a service provides automatic startup at system boot time and centralizes administration of the license manager through the Services control panel. The license manager appears as the MATLAB License Server in these displays.

When you make your choice and click Next, the installer starts copying files into your installation directory. The installer indicates the progress of the installation in the Install Status window.

Depending on which products you selected, the installer may display a dialog box containing product-specific configuration information such as the following.

You can copy information from this dialog box, such as configuration commands, for use later when you start MATLAB. See "Configuring Certain Release 12 Products" on page 1-14 for more information.

When the installer finishes, it displays the Installation Complete dialog box.

If you installed the license manager as a service, The MathWorks recommends that you restart your computer now. The license manager starts automatically when you restart your computer and the license manager must be running to start MATLAB. (For more information, see Starting and Stopping the License Manager.)

On Windows 2000 systems, if you do not start MATLAB while you have administrator privileges, users without administrator privileges will get a warning message each time they start MATLAB.

Note If you have trouble starting MATLAB on a client system, remember that the license manager must be running on the license server before you can run MATLAB on a client. See Chapter 4, Troubleshooting a PC Installation for more information.

If you performed a client installation, the Installation Complete dialog box offers you the choice of starting MATLAB. The MathWorks recommends that you start MATLAB and run one of the demonstration programs to verify your installation.

For information about setting up MATLAB after an installation, see "After You Install" on page 1-13.

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