MATLAB Installation Guide for Unix

System Requirements

This section describes hardware and software requirements for running the MATLAB software and the FLEXlm license manager. Minimum system resources are:

• 90 MB disk space (215 MB if installation includes MATLAB online documentation)
• 64 MB memory, additional memory strongly recommended
• 64 MB swap space

Note    For the most up-to-date information about system requirements, see the product area on the MathWorks Web site, www.mathworks.com.

The following system configurations are supported.

Sun SPARC (Solaris 2)

• SPARC, ULTRA workstations
• Solaris 2.6, 2.7, 2.8
• OpenWindows version 3.5 or X Windows (X11R5)

HP 9000

• HP PA-RISC 1.1, 2.0 workstation
• HP-UX 10.20, 11.0
• X Windows (X11R5)

Compaq Alpha

• Alpha workstation
• Tru64 UNIX 5.0
• X Windows (X11R5)

Note    For Compaq Tru64 UNIX, you must install the Fortran run-time shared libraries, which are on a separate disk, named the "Associated Products CD." The C++ shared libraries are installed as part of the base package.

IBM RS/6000

• IBM RS/6000 workstation
• AIX 4.3.3
• X Windows (X11R5)

Silicon Graphics (SGI)

• SGI (R5000, R10000, R12000) MIPS-based workstation
• IRIX 6.5.x
• X Windows (X11R5)

Linux

• Pentium, Pentium Pro, II, III PC
• Linux 2.2.x kernel
• X Windows (X11R6)

Product Licensing

Installation Instructions