Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 17:46:28 -0400 (EDT) From: "Russell D. Murphy Jr." <rdmurphy@neale.econ.vt.edu> To: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@scc.nl> Cc: "Sean O'Connell" <sean@stat.Duke.EDU>, emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Matlab 5.3 Message-ID: <14166.61133.958438.358417@knock.econ.vt.edu> In-Reply-To: <37567C85.82B52EB3@scc.nl> References: <14165.38910.206452.281058@knock.econ.vt.edu> <19990602235040.B5623@stat.Duke.EDU> <37564D49.81B57144@scc.nl> <19990603083209.W4332@stat.Duke.EDU> <37567C85.82B52EB3@scc.nl>
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Thanks to suggestions from Marcel and Sean, I have Matlab (partially)
running (steps listed below). The problem I still have (I think) is
some residual inconsistency in accessing directories and files from
within the linux programs and script files. For instance, when I run
Matlab and execute the "helpdesk" command, Matlab tries to start up a
web browser which will read an html file created in /tmp. But, it
seems unable to create the file:
--------------------------------------------------------------------
>> helpdesk
To learn how to configure your Web browser type 'help docopt'
sh: /tmp/MLsystem48538: No such file or directory
??? Error using ==> doc (display_file)
Could not load HTML file into Web browser. Please make sure that
you have a Web browser properly installed on your system.
Error in ==> /disk0/local/matlab5/toolbox/matlab/general/doc.m
On line 31 ==> display_file(html_file);
Error in ==> /disk0/local/matlab5/toolbox/matlab/general/helpdesk.m
On line 9 ==> doc;
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Looking at web.m (called by doc.m): the offending line seems to be:
comm = ['sh -c ''' doccmd ' ' options ' -remote "openURL( \
'html_file ')" > /dev/null 2>&1 ''' ];
Perhaps related: after installation, I wanted to run lmstat to check
communications with the license manager. This script calls arch.sh
which tests for:
if [ -f /bin/uname ]; then
This should be satisfied:
knock# ls -l /compat/linux/bin/uname
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 5368 Aug 5 1998 /compat/linux/bin/uname
and:
knock# /compat/linux/bin/sh
bash# ls -l /bin/uname
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 5368 Aug 5 1998 /bin/uname
bash# /bin/uname
FreeBSD
but the test always failed (running under the regular sh or
/compat/linux/bin/sh). (I didn't use Marcel's patch because I'm
running -STABLE, not -CURRENT).
But, to get thus far:
1. Install rpm-2.5.5.tar.gz
2. Install tar-1.12-4.i386.rpm
- insisted on --nodeps to install without rmt
- if /compat/linux/tmp and /compat/linux/var/tmp are links
rather than directories, then the post-installation scripts
here and below fail, claiming "too many levels of symbolic
links"
3. Install sh-utils-1.16-14.i386.rpm
- also cracklib-2.7-2.i386.rpm
- also cracklib-dicts-2.7-2.i386.rpm
- also pwdb-0.55-1.i386.rpm
- also sed-3.02-1.i386.rpm
- also gawk-3.0.3-3.i386.rpm
- also pamconfig-0.51-5.noarch.rpm
- also pam-0.64-3.i386.rpm
(some of these may not be neccesary, but I simply followed the rpm
claims about dependencies)
4. /cdrom/install* -debug -lnx86 &
- this worked (yesterday, it did not), installing files
- however, it failed to create in /tmp a "backend" file for use by
a "backend" script
- I created the file (in /compat/linux/tmp) from information
printed via the -debug option; for instance:
MATLAB=/disk0/local/matlab5
OUTPUT_FILE=/disk0/local/matlab5/install_matlabp.out
CHECK_SYMBOLIC_FOR_MAPLE=no
MAPLE_LIBRARIES_DIR=
LICENSE_NUMBER= < deleted >
WANT_ACCESS_DIR=yes
ACCESS_DIR=/usr/local/bin
WANT_LICENSE_MANAGER=yes
WANT_LMBOOT_LINK=yes
- after starting /compat/linux/bin/sh:
bash# /cdrom/update/install/backend /tmp/matlab-backend
does *not* work because the backend script does not find
/tmp/matlab-backend (even though ls does). Instead:
bash# /cdrom/update/install/backend /compat/linux/tmp/matlab-backend
runs (partially).
- the backend script has created a script file /tmp/$$c which
needs to be modified to call install_matlab with -lnx86
- then the /tmp/$$c script runs fine
5. I also modified $MATLAB/etc/util/arch.sh to report lnx86 in
response to `uname` = FreeBSD.
6. Startup requires: matlab -lnx86
This is incomplete; the file location and access problem still needs
to be resolved, but Matlab at least starts up (and can run the demo).
Russ
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Russell D. Murphy
Department of Economics
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
3034 Pamplin Hall
Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0316
(540) 231-4537
rdmurphy@vt.edu
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