1.1 INSTALL Installing FreeMat
1.1.1 General Instructions
Here are the general instructions for installing FreeMat. First, follow the instructions listed below
for the platform of interest. Then, run the
-->pathtool
which brings up the path setup tool. More documentation on the GUI elements (and how to use
them) will be forthcoming.
1.1.2 Linux
For Linux, FreeMat is now provided as a binary installation. To install it simply download the
binary using your web browser, and then unpack it
tar xvfz FreeMat--Linux-Binary.tar.gz
You can then run FreeMat directly without any additional effort
FreeMat--Linux-Binary/Contents/bin/FreeMat
will start up FreeMat as an X application. If you want to run it as a command line application (to
run from within an xterm), use the nogui flag
FreeMat--Linux-Binary/Contents/bin/FreeMat -nogui
If you do not want FreeMat to use X at all (no graphics at all), use the noX flag
FreeMat--Linux-Binary/Contents/bin/FreeMat -noX
For convenience, you may want to add FreeMat to your path. The exact mechanism for doing this depends
on your shell. Assume that you have unpacked FreeMat--Linux-Binary.tar.gz
into the directory /home/myname. Then if you use csh or its derivatives (like tcsh) you should add
the following line to your .cshrc file: