MATLAB R2022b gui in linux is not opening after installation. Displaying some errors and shutdown

I installed R2022b using the installer method in Linux. Upon installing the GUI is showing a window full of error starting desktop message and shutting down. Any help in how to fix this?

also in command terminal i am seeing this message as well.

fontconfig warning: "/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/05-reset-dirs-sample.conf", line 6: unknown element "reset-dirs"

Answer 1

[Neha]

Hi Mani,

This problem appears to have been addressed in the MATLAB R2024a release.

As a workaround, you might consider removing the "fontconfig" library files from your MATLAB installation. This involves deleting the following files from the matlab/bin/glnxa64 folder:

• libfontconfig.so.1
• libfontconfig.so.1.12.0

Hope it helps!

[Endalkachew Lemma]

Thank you!

[Bruno jeanneret]

Hi,

It doesn't work for me.

This appears just after an upgrade of my Kubuntu installation :

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu 
DISTRIB_RELEASE=24.04 
DISTRIB_CODENAME=noble 
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS"

I am unable to run matlab even 2023b or 2024a

[Bruno jeanneret]

I found a solution by removing the hidden folder .matlab in my home dir !!!