Install Matlab under Ubuntu

1. Mount the ISO file to a temporary folder 'tmp'
   Copy the installation ISO file, matlab2008b-linux.iso to desktop.
   
   $ cd Desktop
   $ mkdir tmp
   $ sudo mount -o loop matlab208b-linux.iso tmp
   $ cd tmp
   
   
2. Install Matlab
   
   $ sudo ./install
   
   Choose installation folder to be '/usr/local/matlabR2008b'
   Input the serial number, and then follow the coming instructions......
   During installation, if you are lucky that being asked to create 'Symbolic Links', do it. If not, you bad luck, and need to do additional post-install step.
   
   
3. Unmount ISO file and delete temporary folder 'tmp'.
   
   $ cd ~/Desktop
   $ sudo umount tmp
   $ rm -fr tmp
   
   
4. Start Matlab
   
   • If you are lucky to be asked to create 'Symbolic Link' during installation, you can directly Matlab by
     
     $ matlab
     
     
   • If you are not lucky, start Matlab by
     
     $ /usr/local/matlabR2008b/bin/matlab
     
   
   
5. User permission
   After Matlab is started, if you get warning message that 'The desktop configuration was not saved successfully', then do following
   
   $ sudo chmod a+w -R /home/yourname/.matlab/R2008b