package request: Matlab

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package request: Matlab #56887

Open KiaraGrouwstra opened 5 years ago

KiaraGrouwstra commented 5 years ago

Issue description

https://www.mathworks.com/

markuskowa commented 5 years ago

I have tried to package it in the past but couldn't come up with a clean solution. Matlab is certainly a difficult program to package. I would be happy to review a PR if someone comes up with a workable solution.

Scriptkiddi commented 4 years ago

I could be packaged with a requirement to prefetch the installation zip file, like its done for the displaylink package

markuskowa commented 4 years ago

There are several problems with Matlab:

It needs to run an installer that pulls content online (won't work in a sandboxed derivation)
An activation key or login credentials are required during the installation (that makes the derivation impure).
Depending on which toolboxes are installed you may need different dependencies. Given the amount of toolboxes available makes it a very complex issue.

I am using an installed and activated version, that lives outside the nix store. This method works for me but is not a viable solution for inclusion in nixpkgs.

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Scriptkiddi commented 4 years ago

still important to me

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Scriptkiddi commented 3 years ago

still important to me

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Mazurel commented 2 years ago

It is not possible/really inconvenient to package Matlab directly into nixpkgs, but it can be run pretty easily on NixOS. Just use Doron Behar's nix-matlab, which makes the whole process dead simple. I have also made a short NixOS wiki article about Matlab, mainly for discoverability purpose and for documenting fixes for minor issues.

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Scriptkiddi commented 2 years ago

@Mazurel you are completely right, that it would be difficult to package. But I would argue that matlab is widely used in the scientific community and as such it would be nice to allow those user to just add matlab to their system without dealing with flakes or overlays.