Problem installing matlab student edition in linux 64 bits

I am trying to install Matlab R2011a on Linux (Fedora 15), 64 bits and after typing ./install -glnx86 -t I get the following error message:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: /tmp/mathworks_32161/java/jre/glnx86/jre/lib/i386/xawt/libmawt.so: libXext.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

So it seems I am missing libXext.so.6.

Any idea how to solve this?

Thank you!

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

If you are missing libXext.so.6 then you need to install it at the Linux level, as the Xext library is considered to be a system-level library.

[Miguel]

Thank you!

I checked the add/remove software utility and I do have the libXext package installed.

The actual name of the package I have is:

X.Org X11 libXext runtime library

libXext-1.2.0-2.fc15(x86_64)

But the problem is still there

Answer 2

[Miguel]

OK, I solved the problem. I needed the libXext 32-bits: libXext.i686, but I had installed the x86_64 version