#1002486 matlab-support: endless loop during interactive install

Package:
matlab-support
Source:
matlab-support
Submitter:
Marc Lehmann
Date:
2021-12-23 02:03:04 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1002486#5
Date:
2021-12-23 01:42:38 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

when trying to install this package, I get a full-screen prompt saying:

   ┌─────────────────┤ MATLAB interface configuration ├──────────────────┐
   │                                                                     │
   │ No MATLAB installation found                                        │
   │                                                                     │
   │ No MATLAB executables were found in the directories you specified.  │
   │                                                                     │
   │ This package requires at least one local installation of MATLAB.    │
   │                                                                     │
   │                               <Ok>                                  │
   │                                                                     │
   └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

there is only one choice, and using it results... in the same prompt. I
held down enter for about half a minute, worth about one thousand "OK"'s,
but the dialog still repappeared, so thisa seems to be an endless loop.

You can't ^Z out of it, either, so you need to log in form another
terminal and kill the process tree.