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-bill! ----- Forwarded message from [email protected] ----- Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 07:26:52 -0700 From: Thomas Johnston <[email protected]> Subject: Trouble installing Matlab in Debian To: [email protected] I attended the LUGOD social gathering yesterday evening and some of the members suggested I pitch my question here. I converted to Linux (Debian lenny) about 1 week ago and attempted to install Matlab. I have an ISO of the Matlab CD on my hard drive. I mount the ISO and attempt to install the software by issuing the command: sh install The error that is generated reads: An error status was returned by the program 'xsetup', the X Window System version of 'install'. The following messages were written to standard error: No protocol specified Can't open display. Attempt to fix the problem and try again. If X is not available or 'xsetup' cannot be made to work then try the terminal version of 'install' using the command: install* -t or INSTALL* -t Sorry! Setup aborted ... yes, the install attempt was done while under root. I could a relevant fix via a Google search nor in the archived tech messages on this mailing list. Thanks in advance, Thomas "Speak slowly, I am windows user." ----- End forwarded message ----- -- -bill! Sent from my computer _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
