MATLAB on WSL

Installation

1. Download the Matlab installer (zip file) for Linux

2. Move the file to your WSL home (or any other) directory

3. Unzip the file, and run the install executable inside

   sudo ./install

   This should install Matlab inside /usr/local/MATLAB/RXXXX
   → If the install crashes, see possible issues below

4. Navigate to /usr/local/MATLAB/RXXXX/bin and run Matlab

   ./matlab

   Shortcut

   add alias for matlab to .bashrc:

   alias matlab='/usr/local/MATLAB/RXXXX/bin/matlab'

Possible issues

• WSL not able to open GUIs

  1. Shutdown then update WSL (outside WSL, in powershell)

     # powershell
     wsl --shutdown
     wsl --update

  2. (optional) test by installing xeyes

     # WSL bash
     sudo apt install xeyes
     xeyes

• Matlab doesn’t have permissions for /usr/local/...

  # bash
  sudo chown -R $LOGNAME: /usr/local/MATLAB/R2023b

  This may also occur when trying to install addons.