Running COMSOL with MATLAB

Running COMSOL with MATLAB starts a COMSOL Multiphysics Server and a MATLAB Desktop. No COMSOL graphical user interface is involved. For a tutorial, see the LiveLink for MATLAB User’s Guide.

To launch MATLAB and connect it to a COMSOL Multiphysics Server, run the command

comsol mphserver matlab

Starting comsol with matlab using the graphics server

To display the plot in a COMSOL graphics window you need to run COMSOL with MATLAB using the graphics server. To do so, start COMSOL with MATLAB from a terminal window with the -graphics flag:

comsol mphserver matlab -graphics

Required Programs for Running COMSOL with MATLAB

The xterm program is necessary for the command comsol mphserver matlab. The csh program is needed to call MATLAB functions from COMSOL.

•	To install the missing packages on Debian and Ubuntu, type

sudo apt-get install xterm csh

•	To install the missing packages on RedHat Enterprise and Fedora, type

sudo yum install xterm tcsh

•	To install the missing packages on OpenSUSE, type

sudo zypper install xterm tcsh