Install MATLAB on Personal Device

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To install MATLAB on a personal computer, Mathworks accounts must be set up. 

MATLAB may notify you that your license will expire after a certain number of days. This message refers to the university-wide license that is updated once per year. When it is updated, you may need to run an installer to ensure the updated license is applied to your installation. Please see the TAG ANCHOR section of this knowledge article for instructions on applying license updates.

Please note that this only applies to MATLAB installations on personal devices; license updates are applied automatically to UTD machines.

Important: For installation on UTD computers, please do not use a personal install.

Instead, submit a ticket to the OIT Service Desk to request an installation to be associated with the site license.

Download Installer 

  • Visit UTD’s MATLAB Portal.
  • Select Sign in to get started under the "Get MATLAB and Simulink" section.

Sign in link on MATLAB homepage.

  • Click on Sign In if you already have an account.
    • Click on Create one! if you do not have an existing account and enter the required details.
Note: You must sign in using your UTD email to gain access. 

Text box for account email or link below box to create account.

  • Click the Download icon for the current release.
    • In this section, you can also download previous releases.

Download button to download the correct version of MATLAB according to device specifications.

  • Choose a supported platform and download the installer.

Option to select the correct operating system to download MATLAB.

Install MATLAB 

  • Run the Installer
  • Enter your UTD Email to sign in and click Next.

Sign in (Email ID) screen to login to MathWorks account.

  • Enter your password and click Sign In.

Sign in (password) screen to login to MathWorks account.

  • Accept the license agreement by clicking on Yes > Next.

Screen to accept terms of license agreement.

  • Select the Academic – Total Headcount license labeled "MATLAB (Individual)" when prompted to do so > Next.

Screen to select the correct Academic - Total Headcount license.

  • Confirm your user details > Next.

Screen to confirm user details.

  • Select the destination folder by clicking Browse > Next.

Browsing the desired destination folder to install MATLAB.

  • Check the box for the products you want to download and select Next.

Screen to select products to be downloaded.

  • Select the given two options if relevant > Next.

Selecting the relevant options - adding shortcut to desktop and improving MATLAB by sending user experience information.

  • Confirm the details and select Begin Install.
    • Click Close once the installation is complete.

Screen for confirming details and beginning installation.

Activate MATLAB

Before You Start

  • The new MATLAB key will be saved once you activate it.
    • Your MATLAB installation will use the old key until it expires, then it will switch to the new key.
    • You should already have a mathworks.com account from when you activated or installed MATLAB.
  • You can launch the activation app from within MATLAB or from the operating system command line.
Note: Release R2022b is illustrated; adjust appropriately for a different release.

Launch Activation App (MATLAB)

  • On the "Home" tab, select Resources> Help > Licensing.
  • Select Activate Software.

Option to activate software manually from MATLAB.

Launch Activation App (Manually)

Windows® Systems: 
  • In the search box on the taskbar, enter “Activate” to bring up the Activate MATLAB application.

Linux and MacOS Systems: 
  • Double-click the activation application icon in the MATLAB application package. To view the contents of the MATLAB application package, right-click (or Ctrl+click) the package and select Show Package Contents.

After following the above steps pertaining to your system...

  • Navigate to your MATLAB installation folder and open the activation application, and continue using the below.
Windows Systems:
  • Double-click the MathWorksProductAuthorizer.exe file in matlabroot\bin\$ARCH folder, where matlabroot is your MATLAB installation folder, and $ARCH is a platform-specific subfolder, for example: matlabroot\bin\win64 .
Linux and macOS Systems: 
  • Run MathWorksProductAuthorizer in the matlabroot\bin\$ARCH, folder, where matlabroot is your MATLAB installation folder, and $ARCH is a platform-specific subfolder, for example: matlabroot\bin\glnxa64 folder.

Continue with the following steps...

  • Enter your UTD NetID to sign in and click Next.

Sign in screen to login to MathWorks account for activation.

  • Select the Academic - Total Headcount license > Next.

Screen to select the correct Academic - Total Headcount license.

  • Confirm your user details and click Next.

Confirming user details to proceed with activation.

  • Click on Activate to confirm.
    • Once the activation gets completed, click Close.

Confirming selection details to start the activation.

 

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Article ID: 52
Created
Mon 11/22/21 12:38 PM
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Mon 9/30/24 2:10 PM