Matlab on Linux

[John J. Boyer]

Travis,

I have a specific application in mind that requires Matlab.

Thanks to Mario for the example of Matlab at the command line.

I'm trying to get a donation from MathWorks, since Computers to Help 
People, Inc. is a tax-exempt nonprofit.

John


On Tue, 13 Apr 2004, Travis Roth wrote:

> A GPL mathematics program is Octave:
> www.octave.org
> 
> I do not know how it compares to MathLab as I haven't used it.
> It does seem to compare to Maple.
> 
> 
> **  Travis Roth
> www.TravisRoth.com
> travis at travisroth.com
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blinux-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:blinux-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Mario Lang
> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 4:44 AM
> To: Linux for blind general discussion
> Subject: Re: Matlab on Linux
> 
> 
> Hi.
> 
> At work we do have Matlab in use on several different platforms,
> including Linux.  I do know for sure that there is a Linux version of
> Matlab (just recently installed that on our Beowulf Cluster), and it
> does have a command-line driven interface. However, I don't know any
> details about the language in use to "program" Matlab, so I can not
> really say if you will be able to do everything that is allowed by the
> Graphical Interface. However, I guess, if you are good at matlab coding,
> you probably can.
> 
> Just to give you an example, here is how Matlab starts:
> 
> ctrl:~% /master/software/matlab/bin/matlab
> 
>                               < M A T L A B >
>                   Copyright 1984-2002 The MathWorks, Inc.
>                       Version 6.5.0.180913a Release 13
>                                 Jun 18 2002
> 
> 
>   To get started, type one of these: helpwin, helpdesk, or demo.
>   For product information, visit www.mathworks.com.
> 
> >> 1+1
> 
> ans =
> 
>      2
> 
> >> quit
> ctrl:~%
> 
> I don't know anything about single user license pricing, but
> I am afraid it is probably going to be a bit more expensive then the
> usual non-free software.
> 
> "John J. Boyer" <director at chpi.org> writes:
> 
> > I understand that there is a version of Matlab for Linux. Is anyone 
> > here
> > using it? Can it be used from the command line or in interactive
> console 
> > mode? What is the cost?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
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> > Computers to Help People, Inc.
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> 

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Computers to Help People, Inc.
http://www.chpi.org
825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703