friendly-journey

Example project to call Matlab using the Python Matlab module.

Python Environment Setup

Prerequisites

• Python 3.11

$ which python3.11
/bin/python3.11

• Matlab 2023b

$ ls /opt/cmrr/software/matlab2023b/bin/matlab
/opt/cmrr/software/matlab2023b/bin/matlab

Create and Activate Virtual Environment

export ENV_NAME=friendlyenv
$ python3.11 -m venv ${ENV_NAME}  # This may take a couple minutes
$ source {$ENV_NAME}/bin/activate

Install Matlab Engine

(friendlyenv) $ cd /opt/cmrr/software/matlab2023b/extern/engines/python
(friendlyenv) $ python setup.py build --build-base="${HOME}/${ENV_NAME}"
(friendlyenv) $ ln -s ${HOME}/${ENV_NAME}/lib/matlab ${HOME}/${ENV_NAME}/lib/python3.11/site-packages

Test Matlab Engine

(friendlyenv) $ python
Python 3.11.11 (main, Feb 10 2025, 00:00:00) [GCC 11.5.0 20240719 (Red Hat 11.5.0-5)] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import matlab.engine
>>>

Test a Python Script

(friendlyenv) $python -i friendly-journy.py
Starting Matlab engine
<class 'int'>
<class 'matlab.engine.matlabengine.MatlabEngine'>
>>>