Matlab 2022a install script on linux doesn't work

So I downloaded the installer and tried ./install. Following error occurs: "/home/user/Software/matlab_R2022a_glnxa64/bin/glnxa64/MathWorksProductInstaller: error while loading shared libraries: /home/user/Software/matlab_R2022a_glnxa64/bin/glnxa64/libicudata.so.69: file too short"

So I looked at libicudata.so.69 and it is a plain text file, which I am not sure it should be. I had the package libicu (which contains this file) installed on my distro (Fedora 35) so I replaced the file in glnxa64 with the one from /usr/lib (which is an executable). Seems to have changed something since now I get "/.../libicui18n.so.69: file too short". Does this mean all the files in glnxa64 are are just corrupt or?

Also another thing I noticed, all files with the *.so.* name have an equivalent file *.so.*.1, and there seems to be no difference.

[Brandon Caasenbrood]

I have an issue with the installer aswell (running PopOS 21.10 64-bit).

1) Unzip the .zip at a location, cd into it.

2) run sudo ./install.

For me, the terminal gets stuck. Running ./install works but I does not allow me to create the Matlab directory. Anyone an idea here?

[Markus Simon]

Run in the ./install directory:

xhost +SI:localuser:root

as described here:

https://de.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/1563141-mathworks-product-installer-does-not-start-on-ubuntu-20-04-3-lts

worked for me at Linux Mint 20.3

[Brandon Caasenbrood]

Thanks! I'll give it a shot