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5 Setting up environment variables
TOMLAB requires the directory
tomlab/shared to be included in
the environment variable PATH (for Windows) or in the library search
path (all other operating systems).
5.1 Shared libraries path
The library search path environment variable name differs between
different systems. On Linux and Sun Solaris it is called
LD_LIBRARY_PATH, while on Mac OS X it is
DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH. On Windows, it is the
PATH variable.
The way environment variables are set varies depending on operating
systems and shells.
To set the
PATH environment variable permanently on Windows,
do: Control Panel → System → Advanced
→ Environment Variables. Assuming TOMLAB was installed
in
C:\tomlab, append (or prepend)
C:\tomlab\shared separated to the other
entries with a semi-colon (
;) to the
PATH environment
variable.
One can also set the
PATH environment variable temporarily in
a running command shell. This is done by doing
C:\> set PATH=%PATH%;C:\tomlab\shared
This change will only be applied in that command shell, and will
therefore be discarded when the command shell is terminated.
5.1.2 Unix-like systems
Assuming TOMLAB was extracted to
/usr/local, then the
tomlab/shared directory is
/usr/local/tomlab/shared.
For CSH-like shells do:
$ setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/local/tomlab/shared:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
For Bourne-like shells do:
$ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/tomlab/shared:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
MATLAB must be started from a shell where these variable changes
were made. Otherwise one will get error messages about missing
libraries when using some solvers. It could be a good idea to put
the command in a logon-script, such as
/etc/profile or
~/.profile for Bourne-like shells.
.bashrc might also
be an option.
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