[kepler-users] Mac OS, Matlab, and library paths

[Sean Riddle]

I always heard that if you wanted to set environment variables for GUI
applications in OS X, you needed to edit the environment.plist file. A
stackoverflow thread
(http://stackoverflow.com/questions/135688/setting-environment-variables-in-os-x)
says it can be set on a per-user basis at ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist.
However, that thread also says that launchd.conf also works for GUI
applications. Maybe try setting it in environment.plist to see if that
makes a difference.

- Sean

PS - Property List Editor in Utilities is what creates and edits .plist files.

On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Joe Futrelle <jfutrelle at whoi.edu> wrote:
> Hi, I'm trying to run Matlab codes from Kepler in Mac OS (Snow Leopard). As an inexperienced user I'm simply firing up the prepackaged Mac OS distribution of Kepler and double-clicking on the app icon.
>
> It's no problem constructing a workflow with a "Matlab expression" in it, but when I run I get a stacktrace about the Matlab libraries not being on the DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH.
>
> I'm having no trouble finding those libraries manually; they're right where they should be in my Matlab install, and they're 64 bit, and everything seems in order.
>
> Setting DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH doesn't seem possible in Mac OS; I can set environment variables in launchd.conf, but launchd appears to silently ignore DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH; maybe it's special-casing it for some reason.
>
> I'm having trouble finding a previous post on this list, or a bug in Kepler's bugzilla database, or a documentation section or FAQ entry that explains how to solve this. It's clear that some people have had problems with this in the past, but I don't see a clear description of what I should be doing. Any and all advice welcome.
>
> Mac OS version: 10.6.7
> Java version: 1.6.0_24 (Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 19.1-b02-334, mixed mode))
> Kepler version: 2.2
> Matlab version: R2011a
>
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> Joe Futrelle
> Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
> jfutrelle at whoi.edu
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