Set up Debian 9 environment
Change directory
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sudo su
cd /var/lib/machines
Install debootstrap and debian-archive-keyring
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sudo pacman -S debootstrap debian-archive-keyring
Use debootstrap to set up a debian environment
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debootstrap --include=systemd-container --components=main,universe stretch matlab-debian9 https://mirrors.163.com/debian
Set password for Debian
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systemd-nspawn -D ./matlab-debian9/
passwd
Install Firefox and run
Edit /etc/apt/sources.list
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systemd-nspawn -D ./matlab-debian9
deb https://mirrors.163.com/debian stretch main contrib non-free
Install Firefox
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apt install firefox-esr
Exit the container
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exit
And enable xhost
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xhost +local:
Then run Firefox inside container
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systemd-nspawn --setenv=DISPLAY=:0 \
--setenv=XAUTHORITY=~/.Xauthority \
--bind-ro=$HOME/.Xauthority:/root/.Xauthority \
--bind=/tmp/.X11-unix \
-D /var/lib/machines/matlab-debian9 firefox
Install MATLAB
mount the MATLAB iso
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sudo mkdir /mnt/matlab
sudo mount -t iso9660 'Matlab98R2020a_Linux 64.iso' /mnt/matlab
boot into the container
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sudo systemd-nspawn -b -D /var/lib/machines/matlab-debian9
install requisite libraries
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apt-get install xorg build-essential libgtk2.0-0 libnss3 libasound2
set a lower limit of number of open files by
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ulimit -n 100000
and then change directory into /mnt/matlab and install MATLAB
then install and run MATLAB
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/usr/local/Polyspace/R2020a/bin/matlab
