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    LM - LICENSE - FILE Environment Variable

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    This document provides instructions for setting the MLM_LICENSE_FILE environment variable on different operating systems to specify the license file or server that MATLAB will use. It explains that MLM_LICENSE_FILE is specific to MATLAB's vendor daemon, while LM_LICENSE_FILE can be used by other applications as well. The document gives examples of setting the variable value to a license file path on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X systems through the system properties window, shell commands, or by editing profile files.

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    This document provides instructions for setting the MLM_LICENSE_FILE environment variable on different operating systems to specify the license file or server that MATLAB will use. It explains that MLM_LICENSE_FILE is specific to MATLAB's vendor daemon, while LM_LICENSE_FILE can be used by other applications as well. The document gives examples of setting the variable value to a license file path on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X systems through the system properties window, shell commands, or by editing profile files.

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    This document provides instructions for setting the MLM_LICENSE_FILE environment variable on different operating systems to specify the license file or server that MATLAB will use. It explains that MLM_LICENSE_FILE is specific to MATLAB's vendor daemon, while LM_LICENSE_FILE can be used by other applications as well. The document gives examples of setting the variable value to a license file path on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X systems through the system properties window, shell commands, or by editing profile files.

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    LM - LICENSE - FILE Environment Variable

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    This document provides instructions for setting the MLM_LICENSE_FILE environment variable on different operating systems to specify the license file or server that MATLAB will use. It explains that MLM_LICENSE_FILE is specific to MATLAB's vendor daemon, while LM_LICENSE_FILE can be used by other applications as well. The document gives examples of setting the variable value to a license file path on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X systems through the system properties window, shell commands, or by editing profile files.

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    Beginning with MATLAB 6.

    0 (R12), MLM_LICENSE_FILE can be set to make sure MATLAB is


    using a specific license file (or server(s) for network licenses). LM_LICENSE_FILE environment
    variable can also be set to do this, but any FLEXlm application will then use it.
    MLM_LICENSE_FILE is specific to the MATLAB vendor daemon, MLM, and will not be
    recognized by other FLEXlm applications.
    Note: MATLAB may still read the LM_LICENSE_FILE variable if it is set, before it reads
    MLM_LICENSE_FILE. One of these variables must be set for clients of a redundant server triad
    to function properly.
    How you find or set these environment variables depends on your Operating System:
    Windows
    1. Open the System Properties window by pressing the Windows key and “R”. This will open the
    Run window. Type the following Run command:
    SystemPropertiesAdvanced
    Then hit enter.
    2. Next click the Environment Variables button near the bottom.
    3. Under the User variables and System variables, check for a LM_LICENSE_FILE and
    MLM_LICENSE_FILE variable.
    4. Go to New to make one of these variables (this can be set under user or system, depending
    on the desired usage). The variable name will be:
    MLM_LICENSE_FILE
    and the value will either be the full path to the license file or port@host, for example:
    C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2009a\licenses\license.dat
    or
    [email protected]
    If you are using a redundant server triad, use commas to separate the servers, for example:
    1711@server1,1711@server2,1711@server3
    Linux/Unix/Mac OS X 10.9 and below
    This can be done in the shell using the setenv or export command depending on the shell. You
    can either type the command in a shell session (which will make it only last for the session) or
    you can add it to the appropriate file in your home directory (or create that file if it doesn't exist):
    .cshrc (for c-shell)
    .profile or .bashrc (for bash)
    The . before the file means this is a hidden file. To edit this file, you will need to open it up in a
    basic text editor and add the command (depending on your shell):
    Examples, on c-shell:
    setenv MLM_LICENSE_FILE "/usr/local/MATLAB/licenses/license.dat"
    setenv MLM_LICENSE_FILE "1711@server1"
    Examples, on bash:
    export MLM_LICENSE_FILE=/usr/local/MATLAB/licenses/license.dat
    export MLM_LICENSE_FILE=27000@server1,27000@server2,27000@server3
    Please refer to your Operating System documention for more information on setting an
    environment variable.
    Mac OS X 10.10 and above
    Apple is in the process of depreciating environment variables, so see this article for a
    workaround if you are on OS X 10.10 "Yosemite" or higher:
    How do I set environment variables on Mac OS X?
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    Kyle Perry  on 18 May 2018


    Hello Hasassah,
    Depending on what type of license your University is providing you, you may not see a license
    file in your licenses folder as different license types place license files into different folders.. In
    this situation, I would recommend contacting MathWorks Installation support so we can help
    resolve the issue.
    www.mathworks.com/support/contact_us/
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    Régis on 21 Jan 2014



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    Hello, I'm facing the same issue, due to a conflict with an environment variable (namely
    "LM_LICENSE_FILE") used by another toolset. The actual license for Matlab is a network one
    ("network.lic" file), so Matlab is not supposed to use this environment variable. How can I force
    Matlab to first look for the network license, then for a local one? regards,
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    Walter Roberson  on 11 May 2017
    Sean Lin comments to Ajay:
    This suggestion for me solve Matlab R2016a stuck in "Initializing" mode after Win10 creators
    update
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