Я установил Matlab 2012a на ubuntu 12.04, а при предоставлении лицензии обнаруживаю следующую ошибку:
Could not complete Activation because the License File could not be written to disk.
You might not have write permission on the License File or the folder.
/usr/local/MATLAB/R2012a/licenses/license_Malhar-PC_161052_R2012a.lic
See your System Administrator for assistance. The specific error message text is:
/usr/local/MATLAB/R2012a/licenses/license_Malhar-PC_161052_R2012a.lic
(No such file or directory).
gksudo ./activate_matlab.sh
Это графическое наложение для sudo и решит проблему.