How make launcher matlab in linux mint?

How make launcher matlab in linux mint?

Answer 1

[Sai Sumanth Korthiwada]

Hi Yonieq,

After installing MATLAB in Ubuntu machine (Linux mint), please follow the steps shown below:

1) Open a command terminal.

2) Create a desktop shortcut:

nano ~/Desktop/Matlab

3) Copy-paste below lines:

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=MATLAB R2022b
Exec=/usr/local/MATLAB/R2022b/bin/matlab -desktop
Icon=/usr/local/MATLAB/R2022b/resources/coreui/matlab/splash.png
Terminal=false

4) Go to the path /Desktop in the terminal and copy-paste the following:

chmod +x Matlab

Hope this helps!

[Tanush]

I did this, but I am only getting a text file with the code you have given above.

Answer 2

[Vítek]

For anyone with problems with this, here's how I fixed it (Debian 13, but should be similar on all distros):

1) Create "Shortcut" on desktop:

Right click (on empty desktop space) > Create new > Link to application

It's gonna open up a window, just click OK.

2) Now open the link you have created in a simple text editor like Kate (right click on link > Open with kate). The text file created might be a bit different depending on the desktop environment so just change the following lines:

Note that depending on system language, you might have different text in the square brackets next to the "name" parameter, keep yours. Also, change "R2025b" in both paths to your MATLAB version.

Exec=/usr/local/MATLAB/R2025b/bin/matlab -desktop
Icon=/usr/local/MATLAB/R2025b/bin/glnxa64/cef_resources/matlab_icon.png
Name[en_GB]=MATLAB
Name=MATLAB

Save the file and that's it.