Cannot open Add-On window on Linux

Hello everybody,

I encounter a strange problem on my Arch Linux (4.8.4-1-ARCH) with MATLAB 9.1.0.441655 (R2016b). If I try to open the Add-On explorer, I get the following error:

After a while, I tried to install the Hardware Package for USB webcams, I got a similar error popup:

Are there well-known problems with popups on Linux? "version -java" gives me the following output:

Java 1.7.0_60-b19 with Oracle Corporation Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM mixed mode

Thanks for your help!!

[Luca]

I have the exact same problem. Also on Arch Linux (Kernel version 4.8.6)

[David Tarkowski]

What happens if you execute the following commands at the MATLAB command prompt:

>> cd(matlabroot)
>> cd bin/glnxa64
>> !./MATLABWindow -url=http://mathworks.com --disable-gpu

[Johannes Sjölund]

Hey thanks, that gave the error

>> !./MATLABWindow -url=http://mathworks.com --disable-gpu
./MATLABWindow: error while loading shared libraries: libselinux.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

After installing the libselinux package Add-On Explorer works!

[Onkar Bhakare]

when i run above command it gave error

>> !./MATLABWindow -url=http://mathworks.com --disable-gpu
./MATLABWindow: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libatk-1.0.so.0: undefined symbol: g_log_structured_standard

[Walter Roberson]

See https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/364551-why-is-matlab-unable-to-run-the-matlabwindow-application-on-linux#answer_288902

[Luither Clark]

Another library that needs to be present is libXss.so.1, which is installed by the libXScrnSaver package on RHEL 8.

[DGM]

Heh. If ever you manage to get it to work, chances are that you won't be able to type anything or use the menus without endless frustration. Fair warning.

https://www.mathworks.com/support/bugreports/1797911

Answer 1

[Yujin Hu]

Hey, I'm using Arch Linux too. It seems that it might be related to some libs. Arch Linux tends to use the latest libs, while MATLAB tends to use the old ones. It's not easy to deal with such [things]. I'm going to install Debian 9 on my server. And if needed, one could just download those add-ons, extract, and copy .m file to somewhere MATLAB could find them, assuming the add-on is just some .m files and .mat file, which is independent with platform.

Answer 2

[Joakim Lindblad]

See also https://se.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/382899-add-ons-logging-in-etc-do-not-work-linux-installation

Answer 3

[Jay Vaidya]

Please try to run the following in the MATLAB Command Window:

>> opengl software 

And then try opening the Add on explorer again. It worked for me.

If that works, you can save the preference so that MATLAB always opens with Software OpenGL by running:

>> opengl('save','software')

[Daniel Regener Roig]

this does not work in Ubunu 21.10, returning:

"Switching to software OpenGL rendering at runtime

on unix is not supported."

[Goksan Isil]

same here