anyone success with matlab 2009a

[Tijl Coosemans]

On Sunday 17 May 2009 11:48:38 dikshie wrote:
> Hi,
> my boss just gave matlab 2009a dvd and ask me to install it.
> first i would like to try it in my notebook.
> 
> my env:
> 
> %kldstat
> Id Refs Address    Size     Name
>  1   21 0xc0400000 89aa94   kernel
>  2    1 0xc0c9b000 144e4    geom_journal.ko
>  3    1 0xc0cb0000 502c     acpi_ibm.ko
>  4    1 0xc55d7000 8000     linprocfs.ko
>  5    2 0xc566e000 26000    linux.ko
>  6    1 0xc58ba000 2000     rtc.ko
> 
> %sysctl -a |grep compat.linux.
> compat.linux.oss_version: 198144
> compat.linux.osrelease: 2.6.16
> compat.linux.osname: Linux
> 
> %cat /etc/make.conf
> OVERRIDE_LINUX_BASE_PORT=f9
> OVERRIDE_LINUX_NONBASE_PORT=f9


There are no linux-f9-* ports. You should use
OVERRIDE_LINUX_NONBASE_PORT=f8

Then remove your linux-* ports and install linux-f8-* versions.



> %pkg_version -v | grep linux
> linux-atk-1.9.1_2                   =   up-to-date with port
> linux-cairo-1.0.2_1                 =   up-to-date with port
> linux-dri-7.4                       =   up-to-date with port
> linux-expat-1.95.8_1                =   up-to-date with port
> linux-flashplugin-9.0r159           =   up-to-date with port
> linux-fontconfig-2.2.3_8            =   up-to-date with port
> linux-gtk2-2.6.10_2                 =   up-to-date with port
> linux-hicolor-icon-theme-0.5_2      =   up-to-date with port
> linux-jpeg-6b.34_1                  =   up-to-date with port
> linux-nvu-1.0_1                     =   up-to-date with port
> linux-openmotif-2.2.4_3             =   up-to-date with port
> linux-openssl-0.9.7f_1              =   up-to-date with port
> linux-pango-1.10.2_2                =   up-to-date with port
> linux-png-1.2.8_3                   =   up-to-date with port
> linux-realplayer-10.0.9.809.20070726  =   up-to-date with port
> linux-tiff-3.7.1_1                  =   up-to-date with port
> linux-xorg-libs-6.8.2_6             =   up-to-date with port
> linux_base-f9-9                     =   up-to-date with port
> linuxdoc-1.1_1                      =   up-to-date with port
> 
> %mount |grep lin
> linprocfs on /usr/compat/linux/proc (linprocfs, local)
> 
> the install script cannot determine root directory.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Internal error 2: Could not determine the path of the
>                   MATLAB root directory.
> 
>                   original command path = /home/dikshie/mydisc/install
>                   current  command path = /home/dikshie/mydisc/install
> 
>                   Please contact Mathworks Technical Support
>                   for further assistance.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> any clues?

Maybe the install script needs to be run with linux bash. You could try:
/compat/linux/bin/sh /home/dikshie/mydisc/install