Why does installation of PolySpace fail on Unix or Linux stating there may be a lack of disk space?

Installation of PolySpace fails. In the installer says this may be due to a lack of disk space:

 An error has occurred and some files have not been installed.

 Please check free disk space.

 Look at the log file for details.

 I have plenty of disk space. What is the issue?

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

You may see this error message for several reasons. Check the following:

1. Make sure there are no other error messages along with this one that might give more details on why this is occurring by running the installer with -console:

./install.sh -console

1. Look in the log file. If this exists, it will be found in the directory you attempted to install into. The path to the logfile is specified in the installer's error message.

 Installation of PolySpace (R)... has failed.

 See the log file in... for more details.

2. Make sure you have rights to execute the installer. If you are installing from a DVD that has been copied locally, executing the following command on the directory it was copied into:

chmod -R 777 $PolySpace

Where $PolySpace is the directory your installation files are located in, for example:

chmod -R 777 /tmp/PSfiles/

If you are installing from a mounted DVD or ISO, make sure it was mounted with the correct permissions. Refer to Linux documentation for more information on how to do this, or see the related solution 1-184PH: "Why do I get the message "xsetup: Permission denied" when running the installer on Linux/Unix?"

3. Make sure you have rights to the installation directory you have specified during the installation. You may need to run the installer as root.