hi I'm Scott from mathworks and I'm
going to show you how to install MATLAB
before we start these are the things you
need a mathworks account and an
associated active license viewer student
your school may already have a license
so check with your IT Help Desk to get
access you'll need administrative rights
on your own computer these instructions
don't cover installing MATLAB for
someone else or for a group of people
and you'll need MATLAB our 2014 a or
later I'm using a Windows PC but don't
worry the instructions are mostly the
same for Linux and Mac users if you have
any issues you can find more details
about accessing your MATLAB license in
the video description alright let's get
started first open your browser and go
to math works comm from there in the
upper right hand corner click log in and
log into your math works account if you
already logged in just select your name
and click my account from the my account
screen click the blue arrow on the right
if you have more than one blue arrow
click on the one on the same row as the
MATLAB license you're using on the next
page click the blue button near the
middle to download the latest release of
MATLAB now select your operating system
I'm gonna Windows PC so I'll choose
Windows this downloads the Installer
next launch the installer which takes a
moment to extract itself you need to
have administrative rights to install
MATLAB so click Yes to confirm you're
now in the MATLAB installer leave the
default option login with a math works
account and click Next then accept the
terms of the license agreement to
proceed to login you need to enter the
email and password for your mathworks
account this is exactly the same email
and password you use to log into the
mathworks website itself and in this
information and click Next
on the license selection screen you can
choose a MATLAB license most people only
have one MATLAB license if you have
multiple licenses label field may help
you determine which one you want to
install if you're still not sure
contact your license administrator or IT
Help Desk here you can choose where you
want to install MATLAB for most people
the default location and Program Files
or applications on a Mac is fine on the
product selection screen you can specify
which products you want to install
product
recommended for you based on your
license type will already be selected
just toggle the checkbox if you want to
add a product to your installation on
the installation option screens you can
choose to put a shortcut on the desktop
or the Start menu you can also opt out
of sending your user experience
information to MathWorks here is a
summary of the options you selected on
the past four screens click install to
confirm this process can take anywhere
from a few minutes to over an hour
depending on how fast your internet
connection is and how many products you
are installing you can leave the
installer running in the background
once the installation is complete you
need to activate MATLAB before you can
use it leave this box checked and click
Next this launches activation since you
logged into your MathWorks account when
you ran the Installer activation is
largely automatic click Next once
activation opens on this screen provide
your username activation has already
detected your username so do not change
this even if it doesn't look familiar to
you
Windows 10 and Mac OS allow you to log
in with your Microsoft account or Apple
ID so this may be the first time you've
seen your actual username but behind the
scenes what you see here is the real
username for this computer just like the
Installer
activation shows you a confirmation
screen before proceeding click Next to
complete activation finally click finish
and MATLAB is installed and activated
you can launch MATLAB from your desktop
or the Start menu
once MATLAB is running I like to run the
command ver as a sanity check just to
make sure everything got installed here
we can see I've installed our 2018 a on
Windows 10 if the ver command worked
you're done MATLAB is installed and
ready to go if this is your first time
using MATLAB click the learn MATLAB
button in the tool strip to open MATLAB
on ramp a to our online course that will
teach you the basics of MATLAB enjoy