Ubuntu matlab installed but not working
Solution 1:
Try to install and run it to the home folder (for example into ~/Software/matlab) without root privileges.
Previous versions such as R2008b work normally. For such installation you can create the following desktop-file:
cat << EOF > ~/Desktop/matlab.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Exec=/home/$USER/Software/matlab/bin/matlab -desktop
Name=MATLAB
Icon=/home/$USER/Software/matlab/X11/icons/matlab64c_icon.xpm
EOF