MATLAB installation on HPC servers using Linux
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I am trying to install MATLAB2019b on HPC systems which are running on Linux. My username on the server contains "@" and when I want to proceed with the installation, it fails installing since the installation folder can only contain alphanumeric characters. Is there any way I can force the installation anyway?
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Sourabh Kondapaka
on 3 Sep 2020
Edited: Sourabh Kondapaka
on 3 Sep 2020
Hi,
According to POSIX standards under sections 3.437(UserName) and 3.282(Character Set) the ‘@’ is not in the character set.
POSIX-compliant usernames are considered safe or else you may face problems with library code that assume usernames/file names are created from with this Character Set.
You can change your username with the following commands :
% this changes your username but doesn't rename the home folder
sudo usermod -l newUsername oldUsername
%Below line will rename the home folder.
sudo usermod -d /home/newHomeDir -m newUsername
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