Cannot run Matlab Student on Linux Mint

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I just purchased the student version of Matlab and installed & activated following the instructions from Matlab. However, I cannot run it either with sudo or without.
With sudo, there is the license error saying the user name is different, I figure out that it becomes 'root' so is different from the username of the license. Without sudo, I got stuck at the splashscreen and can never go to the Matlab window. I have to enter ctrl-Z to stop it running from the terminal.
I tried to install in both the home directory and the default /usr/local directory trying to avoid the issue with administrative privilege, but the result is the same (stuck at the splashscreen). I also tried the matlab-support package, still no luck.
Thanks in advance for replying.

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bdcxns
bdcxns on 6 May 2018
Edited: madhan ravi on 29 Nov 2018
I found the answer here:
After adding the write permission by chmod a+w -R ~/.matlab, Matlab can start normally, without superuser privilege.
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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 29 Nov 2018
You probably do need sudo to install.
bdcxns
bdcxns on 29 Nov 2018
if this is necessary then install in home directory and run without sudo as the student license only allow one user
I managed to solve this issue in this way

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