Microsoft Windows UNIX/Linux Macintosh

System Requirements
for all MathWorks Products *

General Requirements

• 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 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.

Microsoft Windows System Requirements

• Windows 98 (original and Second Edition), Windows Millennium Edition, Windows NT 4.0 (with Service Pack 5 for Y2K compliancy or Service Pack 6a), Windows 2000 (Service Packs 1, 2) or Windows XP
• Pentium, Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III, Pentium IV, Xeon PIII or AMD Athlon, Athlon XP based personal computer
• 128 MB RAM minimum, 256 MB RAM recommended
• Disk space varies depending on size of partition and installation of online help files. The MATLAB installer will inform you of the hard disk space requirement for your particular partition. For example:
• 120 MB for MATLAB only and 260 MB for MATLAB with online help files. Installation size will be determined by the installer and can vary for FAT, FAT32 and VFAT formats.
• 8-bit graphics adapter and display (for 256 simultaneous colors) minimum. 16, 24 or 32-bit OpenGL capable graphics adapter is strongly recommended.
• Other recommended items include:
• MS Windows supported graphics accelerator card
• MS Windows supported printer
• MS Windows supported sound card
• Microsoft Word 8.0 (Office 97), Office 2000 or Office XP is required to run MATLAB Notebook, MATLAB Excel Builder, Excel Link, Database Toolbox, MATLAB Web Server.
• One of the following is required to build your own MEX-files:
• Compaq Visual Fortran 5.0, 6.1 or 6.6
• Microsoft Visual C/C++ version 5.0, 6.0 or 7.0
• Borland C/C++ version 5.0, 5.02
• Borland C++Builder version 3.0, 4.0, 5.0 or 6.0
• WATCOM version 10.6 or 11
• LCC 2.4 (bundled with MATLAB)

Compiler vendors are constantly upgrading their products. See supported compilers for an up-to-date list of supported compiler versions.

See specific product pages for more information

* For all MathWorks Products except the MATLAB Student Version