SPM12 & Matlab: WARNING, Same name of functions.

Hi!

When I enter Matlab, I get multiple warnings (attached photo). I think I got them when I installed some packages to python. Apparently, some have the same name as other packages in Matlab. I was wondering what's the best thing to do about it.

Thank you!

Zaida Martinez Moreno.

[Walter Roberson]

What shows up for

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[Zaida Escila Martínez Moreno]

[Zaida Escila Martínez Moreno]

Then, I believe it is not Python, but SPM (Statistical Parametrical Mapping), a software to analyze brain imaging data sequences. It is based in Matlab and should be opened inside it.

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

You have a problem. When you installed SPM12, there was a compatibility directory installed with matlab R2010b compatible functions, and those functions are interfering with your MATLAB R2018b.

You could use pathtool to move /home/zida/SPM/spm12/external/fieldtrip/compat/matlablt2010b to the end of your path, but then there is the risk that spm12 might rely upon functions in those directories being different than what you get in later versions. But you could at least try it.

[Zaida Escila Martínez Moreno]

If I uninstall SPM12 and install it again, is it possible that the warning would stop?

Or is it just that current SPM12 is not compatible with MatLab R2018B?

[Walter Roberson]

If you install SPM12 again, the warnings are likely to continue.

I see online that there should be a file /home/zida/SPM/spm12/external/fieldtrip/compat/matlablt2010b/README file that should have some useful information.

I suspect that you will be able to simply use pathtool to remove that directory from your MATLAB path. I suspect that directory is for use in executing SPM12 in MATLAB releases before R2010b.

[Zaida Escila Martínez Moreno]

Yes, you are totally right.

Here is the .txt

I understand that if I just simply remove all of the directories in the compat folder (as none include 2018b version) from my MatLab path, I should be ok. I will let you know how this works.

Thank you!

[Zaida Escila Martínez Moreno]

It worked perfectly.

Thank you so much!