libatk-1.0.so.0 error in ubuntu bionic 18.04 (or linux mint tara 19) using matlab r2018a.

everything installs fine, but then i try to open simulink this shows up.

Warning: MATLABWindow application failed to launch. Unable to launch the MATLABWindow application

> In sltemplate.ui.StartPage/showWithFallback

In sltemplate.ui.StartPage.show

so i ran on matlab r2018a diagnostic:

>> cd(matlabroot)

>> ! bin/glnxa64/MATLABWindow

and this shows up:

bin/glnxa64/MATLABWindow: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libatk-1.0.so.0: undefined symbol: g_log_structured_standard >>

please help me to fix this ;).

[Siegfried Rotthäuser]

The problem is that Simulink bings its own set of libraries (like libglib-2.0.so.0 here) that could be incompatable with system libraries.

My solution is to remove Matlab's glib, in which case the system's glib is found.

cd $MATLABROOT
mv cefclient/sys/os/glnxa64/libglib-2.0.so.0 cefclient/sys/os/glnxa64/_libglib-2.0.so.0

Answer 1

[Mateusz Litwin]

Try this solution (simulink works, for now I don't found any side-effects of this solution).

1. Go to matlab root folder
2. cd /cefclient/sys/os/glnxa64/
3. mkdir bak
4. mv * /
5. mv bak/libcef.so ./

[Gordon Stevenson]

Thanks Mateusz, fixed issues on Ubuntu 18.04 for me

[Gokarna Baskota]

$ mv * /

this delete all my files and mv command don't have undo feature. So, next command getting error.

how can I get those files??

Answer 2

[Koen Lekkerkerker]

I have this issue too.

Answer 3

[Rene Essink]

Same to me - any suggestions?

Answer 4

[Diogo Duarte]

Here's a solution based on Mateusz's:

There's an incompatibility between licef and libglib, so let's stop them from being in the same folder.

When I list

/usr/local/MATLAB/R2017a/cefclient/sys/os/glnxa64

I get:

libffi.so        libgio-2.0.so.0         libgmodule-2.0.so.0.4200.2  libgthread-2.0.so
glib.tgz       libffi.so.5      libgio-2.0.so.0.4200.2  libgobject-2.0.so           libgthread-2.0.so.0
libcef.so      libffi.so.5.0.2  libgmodule-2.0.so       libgobject-2.0.so.0         libgthread-2.0.so.0.4200.2
libgio-2.0.so    libgmodule-2.0.so.0     libgobject-2.0.so.0.4200.2

To make changes ot this folder you need root privileges. All commands below were executed as root.

Create a backup folder bak:

cd /usr/local/MATLAB/R2017a/cefclient/sys/os/glnxa64
mkdir back

Move glib there:

mv libglib* bak/

Optionally create a README text file indicating the changes you made for future reference.

After this change, I get the message:

[1120/181429:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(231)] Running without the SUID sandbox! See https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/docs/linux_suid_sandbox_development.md for more information on developing with the sandbox on.
GLib-GIO-[1;32mMessage[0m: [34m18:14:29.911[0m: Using the 'memory' GSettings backend.  Your settings will not be saved or shared with other applications.
[1120/181429:WARNING:cefclient_gtk.cpp(48)] X error received: type 0, serial 317, error_code 8, request_code 42, minor_code 0

But MATLABWINDOW seems to be working.

Running MATLAB R2017a on Linux Mint 19.1