MATLAB installation on HPC servers using Linux

I am trying to install MATLAB2019b on HPC systems which are running on Linux. My username on the server contains "@" and when I want to proceed with the installation, it fails installing since the installation folder can only contain alphanumeric characters. Is there any way I can force the installation anyway?

Answer 1

[Sourabh Kondapaka]

Hi,

According to POSIX standards under sections 3.437(UserName) and 3.282(Character Set) the ‘@’ is not in the character set.

POSIX-compliant usernames are considered safe or else you may face problems with library code that assume usernames/file names are created from with this Character Set.

You can change your username with the following commands :

% this changes your username but doesn't rename the home folder
sudo usermod -l newUsername oldUsername

%Below line will rename the home folder.
sudo usermod -d /home/newHomeDir -m newUsername