I just checked the zip files, but they are much smaller than they used to be, the installer probably downloads additional stuff. So it's probably better to get the ISO files indeed.
Sam On Tue, Jun 8, 2021 at 3:06 PM Loris Bennett <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ole, > > Ole Holm Nielsen <[email protected]> writes: > > > Hi Loris, > > > > On 6/8/21 2:02 PM, Loris Bennett wrote: > >> MATLAB-2021a.eb seems to expect to install from ISOs, but what I can > >> download from MathWorks is just a zip file of binaries and other stuff. > >> I remember doing the ISO thing in the past, so has this maybe just > >> changed recently? > >> > >> Or are the ISOs still available somewhere? > > > > Our university gets MATLAB as ISO images, for example R2021a_Linux.iso. > > I'm not involved in this, since another department handles MATLAB > licenses. > > Lucky you :-) although I don't actually have to worry about the > licenses, I just want to install the stuff. > > > See also > > > https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-easyconfigs/tree/main/easybuild/easyconfigs/m/MATLAB > > The older ECs look for TGZs whereas from 2020 onward expect ISOs, so I > am surprised that MathWorks just offers me TGZs. But as I mentioned in > my reply to Sam, maybe I just have a lowly MathWorks account. Who knows > whether the TGZ I can get is equivalent to the ISO someone else might be > able to download? > > Cheers, > > Loris > > -- > Dr. Loris Bennett (Hr./Mr.) > ZEDAT, Freie Universität Berlin Email [email protected] >
