Install Products Noninteractively

R2026b

To install products with the same configuration on multiple computers, run the MathWorks installer in noninteractive mode from the command line. In a noninteractive installation, or silent installation, you configure installation properties using an input file, which you specify at the command line when you start the installer.

Use this workflow to install products only. To install support packages noninteractively, see Install Support Packages Noninteractively.

Get File Installation Key

To determine which products your license allows you to install, the installer input file requires a File Installation Key. For information on getting a File Installation Key, see Get License File and File Installation Key.

Download Installer and Products

You need to download both the installer application and the product installation files. You can either download specific products, using the download-only interactive installer, or download an all-products ISO or DMG image. For download instructions, see Download Products Without Installing.

Configure Installation Using Input File

Configure your installation by using the installer_input.txt file. This file is in the downloaded folder that contains the installer and the product files.

  1. Open the top-level folder that contains the installer and product files you downloaded. Make a copy of the installer_input.txt file that is located in this folder. Here are sample copy commands for each operating system. In these commands, replace C:\path\to\download or /path/to/download with the full path to the download folder.

    Windows®:

    copy "C:\path\to\download\installer_input.txt" "C:\temp\installer_input.txt"

    Linux® or macOS:

    cp /path/to/download/installer_input.txt $HOME/installer_input.txt

    • $HOME is an environment variable that contains the path to your home folder (for example, /home/myUsername).

  2. Open the copied input file in a text editor.

  3. In the input file, read through the descriptive comments (lines starting with ##) to see all available installer properties. Then, uncomment the properties you want to set (lines starting with #) and update the property values. Here are sample common properties to set:

    • destinationFolder

      Specify the full path to the folder where you want to install products. Specifying a relative path can cause the installer to read the input file incorrectly. Here are sample destination folders for each operating system.

      • Windows:

        destinationFolder=C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2026b

      • Linux:

        destinationFolder=/opt/MATLAB/R2026b

      • macOS:

        destinationFolder=/Applications

    • fileInstallationKey

      Specify the File Installation Key that you obtained by following the instructions in Get License File and File Installation Key. For example:

      fileInstallationKey=01234-56789-01234-56789

    • agreeToLicense

      Specify this value as yes to accept the license agreement to install MathWorks® products.

      agreeToLicense=yes

    • Products

      By default, the installer installs all products for which you are licensed, as determined by the File Installation Key you specified. To instead install a specific product or a subset of products, uncomment the lines for the products you want to install. For example, this simplified product list installs MATLAB® and Simulink® but not Signal Processing Toolbox™.

      product.MATLAB
#product.Signal_Processing_Toolbox                                                                                               
product.Simulink

  4. Save your changes to the file.

Run Installer Using Input File

  1. Navigate to the folder that contains the installer and products.

  2. In a command window or terminal, start the installer. To use the input file, specify the -inputFile option with the full path to the installer_input.txt file.

    • On Windows, run the setup.exe application with the -inputFile option. For example:

      setup.exe -inputFile "C:\temp\installer_input.txt"

    • On Linux or macOS, run the install script with the -inputFile option. For example:

      ./install -inputFile $HOME/installer_input.txt

View Installation and Activation Log Files

While installing and activating MathWorks products, the product installer creates a log file. Use this file to get information about these processes.

The installation log file is named mathworks_<username>.log and the activation log file is named aws_<username>.log. In both cases, <username> is the username of the person running the installer.

To locate your log files, see Locate Installation Log Files.

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