branch: externals/matlab-mode
commit ae5881c9907201695f8c9c3bf6e7a27284ebb7a1
Author: John Ciolfi <[email protected]>
Commit: John Ciolfi <[email protected]>
wsl_debian_setup.org: added a few more setup items
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1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
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@@ -73,9 +73,10 @@ me, MATLAB R2025a ran well enough to leverage it in Emacs
matlab-shell.
We need a bunch of packages to be able to install MATLAB. See this
[[https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/2018166-what-dependencies-are-needed-to-install-matlab-on-minimal-or-core-linux-installations][MATLAB
Answers post]]. The
packages we need for R2025a are listed in
[[https://github.com/mathworks-ref-arch/container-images/tree/main/matlab-deps][matlab-deps]]
navigate to
[[https://github.com/mathworks-ref-arch/container-images/blob/main/matlab-deps/r2025a/ubuntu24.04/base-dependencies.txt][base-dependencies.txt]]
then
- create an apt install command. I used this
[[https://askubuntu.com/questions/445487/what-debian-version-are-the-different-ubuntu-versions-based-on][site]]
to map Debain 12 to Ubuntu 22 which for the
- base_dependencies.txt. Alternatively, I suppose I could have used wsl to
install Ubuntu, but I
- have familiarity with Debian, so choose Debian.
+ create an apt install command. I used this
[[https://askubuntu.com/questions/445487/what-debian-version-are-the-different-ubuntu-versions-based-on][site]]
to map Debain 12 to Ubuntu 22 to determine which
+ base_dependencies.txt to use (there was one for R2025a with Ubuntu 22 and
another for
+ 24). Alternatively, I suppose I could have used wsl to install Ubuntu, but
I have familiarity
+ with Debian, so choose Debian.
#+begin_src bash
sudo apt install ca-certificates ibverbs-providers libasound2 libatomic1
libc6 libcairo-gobject2 libcairo2 libcap2 libcrypt1 libcups2 libdrm2
libfontconfig1 libfribidi0 libgbm1 libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 libgl1 libglib2.0-0
libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0 libgstreamer1.0-0 libgtk-3-0 libibverbs1 libice6
libltdl7 libnspr4 libnss3 libnuma1 libpam0g libpango-1.0-0 libpangocairo-1.0-0
libpangoft2-1.0-0 libpixman-1-0 libpsm2-2 librdmacm1 libsndfile1 libtirpc3
libucx0 libuuid1 libwayland-client0 [...]
@@ -192,6 +193,43 @@ me, MATLAB R2025a ran well enough to leverage it in Emacs
matlab-shell.
(load-library "matlab-autoload")
#+end_src
+ Also install magit and flycheck (flycheck is needed to see compiler
warnings in lisp files).
+ In your ~/.emacs:
+
+ #+begin_src emacs-lisp
+ (require 'package)
+ (add-to-list 'package-archives '("melpa" . "http://melpa.org/packages/";))
+ #+end_src
+
+ In Emacs
+
+ : M-x package-install
+
+ and install from melpa both magit and flycheck, and then update your
~/.emacs to contain
+
+ #+begin_src emacs-lisp
+ (global-flycheck-mode)
+
+ (put 'flycheck-emacs-lisp-load-path 'safe-local-variable #'listp)
+ #+end_src
+
+ In the lisp files, we've been using a fill-column of 100:
+
+ : M-x customize-variable RET fill-column RET
+ : and set to 100
+
+ Add the w100 command to your ~/.emacs:
+
+ #+begin_src emacs-lisp
+ (defun w100 ()
+ "Set selected frame width to 100 and height to 49."
+ (interactive)
+ (set-frame-size (selected-frame) 100 49))
+
+ (when window-system
+ (w100))
+ #+end_src
+
10. Run MATLAB in Emacs:
: M-x matlab-shell
