How 2 run matlab w/o installing it :)

run_matlab.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Put this script in a directory _somewhere._ I'm using `/home/wilnil/Documents/4-2-RIT/CMPE 480/matlab_dingus/`
# To run this, cd into your `matlab_dingus` directory, and then `./run_matlab.sh`

# Oh, you'll also need podman installed.

MATLAB_DINGUS="$PWD" # Wherever you store your matlab files
xauth_path=/tmp/matthew-xauth # Where on the host you want to copy your xauth

# Run MATLAB in a native X window :)
if [ "$(pwd)" == "$HOME" ]; then
    echo "DON'T FUCKING RUN THIS SCRIPT FROM YOUR FUCKING HOMEDIR"
    echo "Place it in a directory LITERALLY ANYWHERE ELSE where it can't hurt you :)"
    exit 1
fi

rm -rf "$xauth_path"
mkdir -p "$xauth_path"
cp $HOME/.Xauthority "$xauth_path"
chmod g+rwx "$xauth_path"/.Xauthority

podman run --rm -it \
    -u root \
    -e DISPLAY=$DISPLAY \
    -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix:Z \
    -v "$xauth_path"/.Xauthority:/root/.Xauthority:Z \
    --name matthew \
    --network=host \
    --shm-size=512M \
    -v "$MATLAB_DINGUS":/home/matlab/Documents/MATLAB:Z \
    mathworks/matlab \
    bash
rm -rf "$xauth_path"

# If you need to install a thing, I might recommend doing so in the container, then running
# podman commit {id} matthew
# and changing the image name from mathworks/matlab to matthew