System Requirements - Release 13
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General

- CD-ROM drive (for installation)
- Netscape Navigator 4.0 and above or Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 and above is required
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0 or above is required to view and print the MATLAB online documentation in PDF format
- Some license types require a license server running FLEXlm 8.0d, which is provided by the MathWorks installer
- TCP/IP is required on all platforms when using a license server
- A parallel port is required for licenses that require a hardware lock
- Because of problems with the Java VM, there are limitations for MATLAB on the HP and IBM platforms.
UNIX/Linux Specific
For Release 14, the next major release, IBM/AIX, Alpha/TRU64, and SGI/IRIX platforms will no longer be available.| Operating System | Processors | Disk Space | RAM |
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| Sun Solaris 2.6 | SPARC ULTRA |
90MB (MATLAB only) 215MB (MATLAB & Online Help) |
128MB (minimum) 256MB (recommended) 64MB swap space |
| Sun Solaris 2.7 | |||
| Sun Solaris 2.8 | |||
| Alpha TRU64 UNIX 4.0f | Compaq Alpha | ||
| Alpha TRU64 UNIX 5.0 | |||
| Alpha TRU64 UNIX 5.1 | |||
| Alpha TRU64 UNIX 5.1a | |||
| Alpha TRU64 UNIX 5.1b | |||
| HP-UX 10.20 | PA-RISC 1.1 PA-RISC 2.0 |
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| HP-UX 11.0 | PA-RISC 2.0 |
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| HP-UX 11i | |||
| SGI IRIX/IRIX64 6.5.8 - 6.5.12 |
MIPS(R5000) MIPS(R8000) MIPS(R10000) MIPS(R12000) |
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| SGI IRIX/IRIX64 6.5.16f | |||
| IBM AIX 4.3.3 | (RS/6000) PowerPC, Power3 | ||
| IBM AIX 5.1 | |||
| Linux 2.2.x | Pentium, Pentium Pro, II, III, IV, AMD Athlon, Athlon XP |
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| Linux 2.4.x | |||
| glibc(libc6) 2.1.2 | |||
| glibc (glibc6) 2.2.5 (recommended) |
Graphics
- 8-bit graphics or higher adaptor and display (16 or 24 bit recommended)
Other Recommended Items
- Postscript Printer
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