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= Matlab for Nix users
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:source-highlighter: rouge
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This repo is a collection of files that should help Nix and NixOS users install Matlab imperatively.
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== Install
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Like any other Matlab user, you should first go to your Matlab account on
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Mathworks' website, at: https://www.mathworks.com/mwaccount/ and download the
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installation zip file. Extract the zip file and note the `install` executable
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you just extracted. To run that file, you'll need to get into a FHS environment
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that a nix-shell will provide.
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=== Run `matlab-shell` with an unstable Nix
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....
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nix run gitlab:doronbehar/nix-matlab#matlab-shell
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....
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=== Run `matlab-shell` with +++<s>stable</s>+++ legacy Nix
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....
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git clone https://gitlab.com/doronbehar/nix-matlab
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cd nix-matlab
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nix-shell
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....
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=== Installation of Matlab itself
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From inside the FHS shell, follow the following steps:
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include::./install.adoc[]
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IMPORTANT: Due to a not fully understood issue in Matlab, you might experience
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difficulty openning text files in Matlab's editor. The symptoms are described
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https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/1815470-matlab-live-editor-unable-to-open-this-file-in-the-current-system-configuration[here],
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along with the
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https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/1815470-matlab-live-editor-unable-to-open-this-file-in-the-current-system-configuration#answer_1079558[solution].
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=== Adding `matlab` executables to your system
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With what was done now, you run Matlab from the command line with:
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....
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# Legacy nix users (inside a clone of this repo)
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$(nix-build)/bin/matlab
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# Flake nix users (without cloning)
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nix run gitlab:doronbehar/nix-matlab
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....
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But it's likely you'd like to make Matlab's FHS environment survive garbage
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collections and add a desktop launcher to your system. To do that you can
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follow one of the following paths according to your setup.
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==== For NixOS users with a flakes setup
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[source,nix]
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----
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inputs = {
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# ...
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nix-matlab = {
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# Recommended if you also override the default nixpkgs flake, common among
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# nixos-unstable users:
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#inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
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url = "gitlab:doronbehar/nix-matlab";
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};
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# ...
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outputs = { self, nixpkgs, nix-matlab }:
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let
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flake-overlays = [
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nix-matlab.overlay
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];
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in {
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nixosConfigurations = (
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HOSTNAME = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
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modules = [ (import ./configuration.nix flake-overlays) ]
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};
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};
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};
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};
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----
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And in `./configuration.nix`:
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[source,nix]
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----
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# All overlays given by flakes
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flake-overlays:
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{ config, pkgs, options, lib, ... }:
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{
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nixpkgs.overlays = [
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(
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final: prev: {
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# Your own overlays...
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}
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)
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] ++ flake-overlays;
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}
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----
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Example evaluated
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https://gitlab.com/doronbehar/nixos-configs/-/blob/e28b5aaf86f21202a2b7daa05b098ee5ed85de6f/flake.nix#L5-16[here]
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and
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https://gitlab.com/doronbehar/nixos-configs/-/blob/e28b5aaf86f21202a2b7daa05b098ee5ed85de6f/configuration.nix#L74[here].
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==== For NixOS users without a flakes setup
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The following setup should also fit flake NixOS users.
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Add to your `configration.nix` (untested, but should work):
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[source,nix]
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----
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nixpkgs.overlays = let
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nix-matlab = import (builtins.fetchTarball "https://gitlab.com/doronbehar/nix-matlab/-/archive/master/nix-matlab-master.tar.gz");
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in [
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nix-matlab.overlay
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(
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final: prev: {
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# Your own overlays...
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}
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)
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];
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----
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==== Home Manager setup
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TODO
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==== Usage in Other Flakes / `shell.nix`
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Some people may wish to not install matlab globally, and only making it part of
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the `buildInputs` of their project. Usually this paradigm follows along with
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https://direnv.net/[`direnv`]
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+ https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Development_environment_with_nix-shell#Using_Direnv[`shell.nix`]
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/ https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Flakes#Direnv_integration[`flake.nix`] setup. For
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example you can create in your project a `shell.nix`, or define `devShell` in
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your `flake.nix` similarly to this:
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[source,nix]
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----
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{ pkgs, nix-matlab }:
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pkgs.mkShell {
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buildInputs = (with nix-matlab.packages.x86_64-linux; [
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matlab
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matlab-mlint
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matlab-mex
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]);
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# Define C include path env vars for c development
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shellHook = nix-matlab.shellHooksCommon;
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}
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----
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Note that Matlab still needs to be installed in a user-writeable location for
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this `shellHook` to work, as explained xref:#user-content-install[here].
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==== Adding packages to matlab's environment
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Another non-trivial example usage of this flake, somewhat similar to the above,
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is to create a matlab development environment that includes external tools that
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you want to run from within matlab. The following `flake.nix` uses nix-matlab
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as an input flake and adds lammps package to the FHS environment. With this
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flake, you can run `nix develop` and run `system('lmp')` from within matlab's
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CLI:
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[source,nix]
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----
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{
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description = "Matlab fhs environment with lammps included, uses gitlab:doronbehar/nix-matlab";
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inputs = {
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# https://gitlab.com/doronbehar/nix-matlab
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nix-matlab = {
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url = "gitlab:doronbehar/nix-matlab";
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inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
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};
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nixpkgs = {
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url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
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};
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};
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outputs = { self
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, nixpkgs
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, nix-matlab
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}: let
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pkgs = import nixpkgs {
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system = "x86_64-linux";
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};
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in {
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packages.x86_64-linux = {
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matlab-lammps = pkgs.buildFHSUserEnv {
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name = "matlab-lammps";
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targetPkgs = ps: (nix-matlab.targetPkgs ps ++ [
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pkgs.lammps
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]);
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runScript = pkgs.writeScript "matlab-lammps" (nix-matlab.shellHooksCommon + ''
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exec $MATLAB_INSTALL_DIR/bin/matlab "$@"
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'');
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meta = {
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description = "MATLAB with lammps included in FHS environment";
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};
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};
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matlab-lammps-shell = pkgs.buildFHSUserEnv {
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name = "matlab-lammps-shell";
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targetPkgs = ps: (nix-matlab.targetPkgs ps ++ [
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pkgs.lammps
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]);
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runScript = pkgs.writeScript "matlab-lammps" (nix-matlab.shellHooksCommon + ''
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echo matlab is installed in $MATLAB_INSTALL_DIR/bin/matlab
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exec bash
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'');
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meta = {
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description = "MATLAB shell with lammps included in FHS environment";
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};
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};
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};
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devShell.x86_64-linux = pkgs.mkShell {
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buildInputs = [
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self.packages.x86_64-linux.matlab-lammps-shell
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];
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# From some reason using the attribute matlab-shell directly as the
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# devShell doesn't make it run like that by default.
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shellHook = ''
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exec matlab-lammps-shell
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'';
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};
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};
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}
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----
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== FAQ
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=== Matlab says that my license was installed for a different Host ID, why does it happen?
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I haven't had reports of this issue by users of this repo, but I experience it
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myself sometimes, and I think it's a good thing to include in this README. I
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use Gnome with NetworkManager on my laptop, and rarely I use USB tethering with
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my Android. From some reason while I'm tethered, I get the following error when
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I launch matlab from the command line:
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----
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The hostid of your computer ("000000000000 111111111111") does not match the hostid of the license
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file (XXXXXXXXXXXX).
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----
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I get this error although I set in my `/etc/nixos/configuration.nix`:
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[source,nix]
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----
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networking.hostId = "6b216943" # fake id
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----
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As explained in the https://www.mathworks.com/support/lme/R2021a/9[link in the
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full error message], I can reactivate the license and not go again through the
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whole installation procedure. But I will be required to reactivate the license
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again afterwards when I switch again to WiFi internet connection. It's somewhat
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annoying, and I haven't found a solution / explanation why does my host id
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changes when I switch to a wired connection.
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== Previous work / Credits
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Core parts of this repo are based on
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https://github.com/tviti/nix-cfg/tree/e6531426e86273e450c6133a0deae9008411fffd/pkgs/matlab[@tviti's
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work]. My part was making it a bit more accessible for modern Nix flake setup,
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and making the shell and steps a bit more approachable.
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The idea for a `shellHooksCommon` was by
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https://gitlab.com/DavidRConnell[@DavidRConnell], first discussed in
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https://gitlab.com/doronbehar/nix-matlab/-/merge_requests/1#note_631741222[!1].
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