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Subject:
Why
do I get a libc.so.6: not found error when launching MATLAB in
Ubuntu?
Problem
Description:
I
get the following error when I run MATLAB in Ubuntu:
/usr/local/MATLAB/R2011a/bin/util/oscheck.sh:
605: /lib/libc.so.6: not found
Solution:
To
resolve this problem, open a Terminal window and use the commands
below depending on your OS architecture:
For
64-bit Ubuntu:
sudo
ln -s /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 /lib64/libc.so.6
For
32-bit Ubuntu:
sudo
ln -s /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 /lib/libc.so.6