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Activate matlab for your account

bbahiam edited this page Nov 8, 2019 · 2 revisions

First you should do the activation on the MathWorks website, using the web browser on your PC:

  • Access your MathWorks account at https://www.mathworks.com/mwaccount

  • Select the license you want to use by clicking on it (usually University of Michigan Full Suite)

  • Go to tab "Install and activate". On the right hand side menu select "Activate to Retrieve License File"

  • Click "Activate a Computer"

  • Fill the form as follows

Field Content
Release R2019b
Operating System Linux
Host ID 0c:c4:7a:88:82:da
Computer Login Name <uniqname>
Activation Label <any label to identify this computer to yourself>
  • Press continue. It will show a list of next steps. Just ignore it.

The next step is to do the activation on the server side:

  • Log in the server via ssh with X11 Forwarding (alternatively use a vnc server)

  • Launch matlab and follow the activation prompt.

Troubleshooting

The Host ID on the activation form is actually the MAC address of the first network interface on the server. You can get it by running on the server

ip addr | egrep -o 'ether ([0-9a-f]{2}:){5}[0-9a-f]{2}' | head -n1 | cut -d' ' -f2
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