DAMTP Computing News

Mathworks recently sent us the latest update to Matlab which is now installed for testing -- the flexlm licence-manager setup has been updated to support the new version. It can be run as:

     matlab-r2006b

It is available for Linux (x86), and OSX (ppc) -- we also have the Linux/x86_64 version but don't yet have any public machines of that kind. Note that for the first time we are NOT installing the Solaris (sparc) version of Matlab. Anyone who thinks they need the Solaris version should let us know asap.

The naming scheme has changed (yet) again but in any case this version of Matlab identifies itself as version "7.3.0.298 (R2006b)".

Assuming that no major problems are found with the new version, it will become the default matlab in due course (though the old ones probably won't be removed for a very long time).

Those who wish to install the new version on their own machines for use against our licence-server should contact help@damtp.cam.ac.uk to arrange to borrow the CDs (and get the relevant PLP/license.dat info). The handful of people who have their own licences should also contact us.