Matlab

Revision as of 15:14, 4 April 2007

Creating an Account for Matlab

(fg.1) Click on this image for the visual location of the create account option on the Mathworks homepage.

(fg.2) Click on this image for more information for creating an account

Go to Mathworks home page (fg.1) and click on create account.

Once you have reached the create account page fill out the E-mail and Password information using your PID (ex.johnsmith@vt.edu) and password. Also fill out the box entitled County/Software Usage Information and select USA for Country/Region and Academic Use on a University Computer for software use. Finally fill out all of the contact information and submit (fg.2)

Associating Your Account With a License

(fg.3) An account main page

(fg.5) How to get your license number

Disclaimer: The information for associating an account with a license is for Virgina Tech faculty only. Students should use their version of Matlab or use the CVL in order to use Matlab.
After you have created your account, if you are faculty, you can associate it with a License. To do this make sure you are logged in at the Mathworks website. Once you are logged in go to your account's main page. (fg.3) On the left hand menu there is an option to "Associate with a License" click on that link. You will now get the option of entering in a License Number (fg.4). The License number can be found by looking up the version on an already installed copy of Matlab. (fg.5)

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Installing Matlab on Windows (2000/XP/Vista)

Downloading and Installing via the Internet

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fg.7 The Downloads Page

fg.8 PLP Instructions

fg.11 License Agreement

Downloading

Go to your account home page and click on Get Licensed Products and Updates (fg.6) Once you are on the downloads page choose the current version of Matlab (R2007a), Windows as the Platform, and a Typical installation (fg.7). Click Download Now to continue. You will be brought to another page that tells you the installation instructions and that you will need your Personal License Password (PLP) during installation (fg.8). Select Open not Save to Disk when the download prompt comes up (fg.9). Once you have the download agent opened select to run it (make sure that you unclick the option to always trust content from this publisher fg.10)

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You will now have the option where to download the Matlab installation. Have it download to C:\Matlab and click next to continue. You should now have a window that shows you what packages are going to be downloaded, review these and click download. This download should take 15-30 minutes depending on the speed of your internet connection. Once the download is complete click on the Finish button to start the installer.

Installing

Select Install from the next prompt. The next prompt requires you to enter your name (your Virginia Tech PID or actual name will suffice), Organization (Electrical and Computer Engineering), and your PLP (you should have this in an email). Once this information is filled out click next. Here you enter the location of the license.dat file. (to create the license.dat file use the information from the email that contains your PLP) Click Next. Now you must accept the license agreement by clicking Yes and then clicking next.

Installing from a CD

Installing Matlab on Linux/UNIX

Additional Links

Mathworks home page
Matlab Tutorials
Additional information about Matlab
Octave A Free alternative to Matlab