Installing MATLAB Engine API for Python

Hi all

I have MATLAB 2019b installed and I would like to install the MATLAB Engine API for Python. I have a macbook.

I do:

    cd /Applications/MATLAB_R2019b.app/extern/engines/python/
    python3 setup.py install

and I get this error:

    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "setup.py", line 15, in <module>
        raise EnvironmentError('MATLAB Engine for Python supports Python version'
    OSError: MATLAB Engine for Python supports Python version 2.7, 3.6, and 3.7, but your version of Python is 3.8

Any tip?

Answer 1

[Yongjian Feng]

Hello Makis,

The error message suggests that the verions of MATLAB Engine is not compatible with the local python on you macbook.

Try to downgrade your local python to 3.7.

Thanks,

Yongjian