Running 64bit Matlab on 32bit host OS
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-Some of you have been impacted by the recent decision of Mathworks to
+Some of you have experienced problems due the recent move of Mathworks to
drop 32-bit Linux builds of their products (i.e. Matlab R2013a and
-co.). So that you do not feel particularly bad about it -- this is
-not a novel move by Mathworks. In 1998 PowerPC builds for Macs were
-abandoned as well, bringing a `furious reaction
+co.). Please note that this is not the first time Mathworks values its own
+costs higher than the benefits of a few scientists. In 1998 PowerPC builds
+for Macs were abandoned, causing a `furious reaction
<http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/newsreader/view_thread/5910>`__
of the community.
-Luckily enough users of Debian (and its derivatives) who still use
-32bit OS on 64bit capable systems can take advantage of rolled out in
-recently released Wheezy `multiarch
-<http://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch>`_ support. Multiarch allows to
-install and run multiple user-level builds (e.g. i386 and amd64) on a
-hardware/kernel capable to support both.
+Luckily, users of the fresh Debian stable release *wheezy* (or more recent
+variants of Debian and its derivatives) who still need a 32bit OS on
+64bit-capable hardware can take advantage of the new `multiarch
+<http://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch>`_ support. Multiarch allows for
+multiple architecturesi to co-exist on a hardware/kernel
+that is capable of supporting both (e.g. i386 and amd64).
-Below we describe how you could take advantage of multiarch support
-and in few simple steps prepare your 32bit user-land for running 64bit
-Matlab.
+Below we describe how you can use multiarch support and in few simple steps
+that prepare your existing 32bit user-land for running 64bit Matlab.
Procedure
sudo apt-get install libstdc++6:amd64 zlib1g:amd64 libncurses5:amd64 \
libxp6:amd64 libstdc++6-4.4-dev:amd64 libxt6:amd64 libxmu6:amd64 libxtst6:amd64
-Now your 64bit matlab (which hopefully you "registered" with
-:ref:`matlab-support <binary_pkg_matlab-support>` package) should be ready to run.
+Now your 64bit matlab (which you hopefully "registered" with
+:ref:`matlab-support <binary_pkg_matlab-support>`) is ready to run.
If you have any comments (typos, improvements, etc) -- feel welcome to
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