Bug 71555

Summary: handbook: changes for how to run matlab on 5.2
Product: Documentation Reporter: wvengen <wvengen>
Component: Books & ArticlesAssignee: freebsd-doc (Nobody) <doc>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me    
Priority: Normal    
Version: Latest   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   

Description wvengen 2004-09-10 11:10:20 UTC
Following FreeBSD's handbook procedure to get matlab running doesn't work here on 5.2-CURRENT with linux_base-7.1_7, giving many errors like:
  [: -ne: unary operator expected
both trying to start the license manager and matlab. License manager cannot be run, and matlab doesn't start because of that.

Fix: 

0. Skip the handbook's license manager startup section (sorry guys)
1. brandelf -t Linux the binaries in $MATLABROOT/etc/glnx86
2. Remove scripts $MATLABROOT/etc/lm*
3. Create symlink from glnx86/lm_boot to $MATLABROOT/etc/lm_boot.
4. Create new startup script /usr/local/etc/rc.d/flexlm.sh as shown below
5. chmod +x of script. like handbook says
6. Run `/usr/local/etc/rc.d/flexlm.sh start`

[note: it still needs some su-wrapping for running it as a normal user]
I'm not sure if this is the Right Way (tm) to run it, but at least it works, independently from linux_base version (as it completely bypasses shell scripts and starts the binaries directly).

I'll forward this pr to freebsd-emulation too.

--- begin flexlm.sh ---
#!/bin/sh

# Verified for matlab R12
MATLABROOT=/usr/local/matlab
LICENSE=$MATLABROOT/etc/license.dat

case "$1" in
  start)
    # Now start daemon. Logging is still an issue
    if [ -f $MATLABROOT/etc/glnx86/lmgrd ]; then
      $MATLABROOT/etc/glnx86/lmgrd -c $LICENSE && echo 'MATLAB_lmgrd'
    fi
    ;;
  stop)
    # Quit 'm
    if [ -f $MATLABROOT/etc/glnx86/lmdown ]; then
      $MATLABROOT/etc/glnx86/lmdown -c $LICENSE -q && echo 'MATLAB_lmgrd'
    fi
    ;;
  *)
    echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop}"
    exit 1
    ;;
esac

exit 0
--- end flexlm.sh ---
How-To-Repeat: on 5.2-CURRENT with linux_base-7.1_7, install matlab using the installer. Follow procedure of FreeBSD's handbook for running it on FreeBSD, try to start the license manager (/usr/local/etc/rc.d/flexlm.sh).
Comment 1 Remko Lodder freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2006-10-13 10:10:48 UTC
State Changed
From-To: open->closed

Hello, 

I am going to close this PR, but first i want to thank you 
for taking the time to report this and thus take the time 
to do so.  The PR is now obsolete (Sadly) because a newer 
version of matlab is already documented now (6.5). 

Thus, closing the PR.