{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/arokem/python-matlab-bridge/issues/221","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/arokem/python-matlab-bridge/issues/221/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/arokem/python-matlab-bridge/issues/221/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/arokem/python-matlab-bridge/issues/221/events","html_url":"https://github.com/arokem/python-matlab-bridge/issues/221","id":107464937,"number":221,"title":"Fail to start on RHEL (using the Canopy python distribution)","user":{"login":"yuvval","id":5911675,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5911675?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/yuvval","html_url":"https://github.com/yuvval","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/yuvval/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/yuvval/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/yuvval/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/yuvval/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/yuvval/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/yuvval/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/yuvval/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/yuvval/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/yuvval/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":4,"created_at":"2015-09-21T08:29:25Z","updated_at":"2015-09-21T13:26:48Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Hi,\r\n\r\nI've installed pymatbridge, while using the Canopy python distribution. I followed the instructions on how to install pip packages on canopy (from here: https://support.enthought.com/hc/en-us/articles/204469690-Installing-packages-into-Canopy-User-Python-from-the-OS-command-line).\r\n\r\nThen, running the following on the ipython notebook, fails to start:\r\n\r\n    from pymatbridge import Matlab\r\n    mlab = Matlab() # I also tried writing the explicit path/matlab \r\n\r\n    mlab.start()\r\n\r\nand results with:\r\n\r\n    Starting MATLAB on ZMQ socket ipc:///tmp/pymatbridge-65d47756-5dfc-4664-a666-233d18c23393\r\n    Send 'exit' command to kill the server\r\n    ............................................................MATLAB session timed out after 60 seconds\r\n    \r\n    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n    ValueError                                Traceback (most recent call last)\r\n    <ipython-input-2-da824633164b> in <module>()\r\n    ----> 1 mlab.start()\r\n          2 \r\n    \r\n    ~/Enthought/Canopy_64bit/User/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pymatbridge/pymatbridge.pyc in start(self)\r\n        223             return self\r\n        224         else:\r\n    --> 225             raise ValueError(\"%s failed to start\" % self._program_name())\r\n        226 \r\n        227     def _response(self, **kwargs):\r\n    \r\n    ValueError: MATLAB failed to start\r\n\r\n\r\nEDIT:\r\nLooking on the terminal console. Looks like ipython generates the following errors:\r\n\r\n    Invalid MEX-file\r\n    '~/Enthought/Canopy_64bit/User/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pymatbridge/matlab/messenger.mexa64':\r\n    /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.17' not found (required by\r\n    ~/Enthought/Canopy_64bit/User/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pymatbridge/matlab/messenger.mexa64)\r\n\r\nThanks a lot for your assistance!\r\n\r\n\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/arokem/python-matlab-bridge/issues/comments/141975602","html_url":"https://github.com/arokem/python-matlab-bridge/issues/221#issuecomment-141975602","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/arokem/python-matlab-bridge/issues/221","id":141975602,"user":{"login":"yuvval","id":5911675,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5911675?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/yuvval","html_url":"https://github.com/yuvval","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/yuvval/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/yuvval/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/yuvval/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/yuvval/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/yuvval/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/yuvval/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/yuvval/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/yuvval/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/yuvval/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-09-21T13:26:48Z","updated_at":"2015-09-21T13:26:48Z","body":"    '4.0.5'"}}