Installing Matlab R2012b on Mountain Lion

Hello,

I am trying to install Matlab R2012b on an iMac with Mountain Lion installed. I am doing this as an administrator. However, for some reason I get the error message: "Unable to create destination folder /Applications/MATLAB_R2012b.app. Please choose another destination folder". Any idea how I can circumvent this problem?

Many thanks!

Ture

[Walter Roberson]

Does the directory already exist? Is it empty? Can you remove it?

If it does not already exist, what happens if you go in via a Terminal window and

sudo mkdir Applications/MATLAB_R2012b.app