Why do I receive "mpm: error while loading shared libraries: libunwind.so.8" when running MATLAB Package Manager version 2024.2?

When I try to install MATLAB on RHEL 8.9 using MATLAB Package Manager version 2024.2 I get this error:

./mpm
/tmp/mwse_1752892101/bin/glnxa64/mpm: error while loading shared libraries: libunwind.so.8: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
I was able to run MPM without error on the same machine prior to the release of MPM version 2024.2 on July 17 2024.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

This is a known issue which will be resolved in the next release of MPM. Some Linux distributions are not affected, but most RHEL-based distros and most "minimal" Linux distros are affected.

In the meantime, there are two workarounds:

Use a slightly older version of MPM, version 2024.1.1:

wget https://ssd.mathworks.com/supportfiles/downloads/mpm/2024.1.1/glnxa64/mpm

Alternatively, use version 2024.2 after installing the missing library:

sudo yum install libunwind