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= Matlab for Nix users
This repo is a collection of files that should help Nix and NixOS users install Matlab imperatively.
== Install
Like any other Matlab user, you should first go to your Matlab account on
Mathworks' website, at: https://www.mathworks.com/mwaccount/ and download the
installation zip file. Extract the zip file and note the `install` executable
you just extracted. To run that file, you'll need to get into a FHS environment
that a nix-shell will provide.
=== Run `matlab-shell` with an unstable Nix
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nix run gitlab:doronbehar/nix-matlab#matlab-shell
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=== Run `matlab-shell` with +++<s>stable</s>+++ legacy Nix
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git clone https://gitlab.com/doronbehar/nix-matlab
cd nix-matlab
nix-shell
....
=== Installation of Matlab itself
include::./install.adoc[]
=== Adding `matlab` executables to your system
With what was done now, you run Matlab from the command line with:
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# Legacy nix users (inside a clone of this repo)
$(nix-build)/bin/matlab
# Flake nix users (without cloning)
nix run gitlab:doronbehar/nix-matlab
....
But it's likely you'd like to make Matlab survive garbage collections and add a
desktop launcher to your system. To do that you can follow one of the following
paths according to your setup.
==== For NixOS users with a flakes setup
==== For NixOS users without a flakes setup
==== Home Manager setup
== Previous work
Core parts of this repo are based on
https://github.com/tviti/nix-cfg/tree/e6531426e86273e450c6133a0deae9008411fffd/pkgs/matlab[@tviti's
work]. My part was making it a bit more accessible for modern Nix flake setup,
and making the shell and steps a bit more approachable.