How to get matlab to work:


log in to linux (ubuntu). Open a terminal. In the terminal, enter:

cd /vol
cd share
cd software/
cd matlab
cd liacs
cat r2012b-README

This will print a bunch of stuff, in particular a line 
. /vol.share/soft...

Copy this line (using the mouse right-click menu)

emacs ~/.bashrc

Paste in the line you copied earlier, at the end of the file (use the `edit` menu). 

then save changes and quit: to do so, hold ctrl, the type x, then s. Then hold ctrl again, type x then c. 

Then in the command line type::

sh ./r2012b-bashrc

Then open a new terminal, and type

matlab

Wait a couple of minutes, and it should start. 

In future, you should just be able to open a terminal and type `matlab`, and it should work.