Trouble with Matlab Engine

Hello Matlab Team,

I tried to install the matlab.engine on Ubuntu-Linux based on the steps shown in this link:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_external/install-the-matlab-engine-for-python.html

and I am still getting the following error:

EnvironmentError: Please reinstall MATLAB Engine for Python or contact MathWorks Technical Support for assistance: /usr/local/MATLAB/R2019b/extern/engines/python/dist/matlab/engine/glnxa64/../../../../../../../bin/glnxa64/libssl.so.1.1: undefined symbol: EVP_idea_cbc, version OPENSSL_1_1_0

I am using MATLAB version R2019b with an academic licence from Sapieza University and Python 3.7.6.

Thank you in advance!

Answer 1

[Deepak Meena]

Hi Bledian,

If you are able to install the MATLAB engine and you getting the error while calling the MATLAB engine in python then this issue occurs when there is a conflict with the version of the "libssl.so" shipped with MATLAB and the one in the system. In order to fix this, load the SSL libraries first:

>>> import ssl
>>> import matlab.engine
​>>> eng = matlab.engine.start_matlab()

If you are getting the error while installing the matlab engine , let us know at which step you are getting the error.

Thanks

Deepak

[Bledian Nela]

Thank you very much for you help.

I modified something in my code and installation which works perfect now.