Why am I unable to proceed past the Install Location screen when installing Student Version MATLAB R2008b and above on Mac OS X?

When installing R2008b Student Version or higher I cannot proceed past the screen asking me to "Select your installation location".

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

This enhancement has been incorporated in Release 2011a (R2011a). For previous product releases, read below for any possible workarounds:

This behavior results when the Installer cannot locate product files for your MATLAB Student Version. Typically this occurs if the Installer is launched before relocating the other downloads into the "matlab_installer_maci" folder. To resolve this issue, see the solution below:

Each product that is downloaded (including the installer) is a separate .tar file. When downloading the student version, there are .tar files for the installer, MATLAB, and each of the toolboxes (e.g. matlab_installer_maci.tar, stu_matlab_maci.tar, stu_stats_maci.tar)

To resolve this issue, first extract (by double-clicking) the matlab_installer_maci.tar file. This will create a folder called "matlab_installer_maci". Next, relocate each of the product .tar files into the matlab_installer_maci folder.

Once the files have been relocated into the matlab_installer_maci folder, launch InstallForMacOSX.app. You should now be able to proceed with the installation.

If you are still unable to install, contact the Installation and Licensing support team here:

http://www.mathworks.com/support/contact_us/index.html