Enable x11 to install MATLAB Product

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Part 1 : Update Linux Standard Based Package

Ubuntu, Debian

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install 

CentOS

sudo yum update && sudo yum install redhat-lsb-core 

Fedora

sudo dnf update && sudo dnf install redhat-lsb-core

OpenSUSE

sudo zypper update && sudo zypper install lsb-core

Arch

pacman -Syu lsb-release

Display all LSB information specific to your Linux distribution

lsb_release -a

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Part 2 : Install Xming X Server for Windows

Download Link: https://sourceforge.net/projects/xming/

choosing "Full" for installation type.

After installation, start the Xming X Server for Windows. You should see an icon with an "X" in the system tray if it started successfully.

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Part 3 : Enable x11 in ssh(Putty)

1. Install the Putty SSH clients on Windows.
2. Navigate to Connection => SSH => X11 and check the box labeled "Enable X11 forwarding" as shown in the screenshot below:

3. On the remote X server machine, edit the "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" file and make sure that "X11Forwarding" option is set to "Yes" and that the "X11DisplayOffset" is set to an appropriate value (by default, 10).
4. Use Putty to connect to the remote machine, and launch the desired GUI application using the command line (e.g. "./install").

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Part 4 : Troubleshooting :

If you see the following errors, here are some tips to solve it:

Error 1:

what(): Unable to launch the MATLABWindow application during installation

1. Update your Linux Standard Based Package
2. Remove the following libraries from the MathWorks Installation files, specifically the /bin/glnxa64 directory: libcrypto.so.1.1 libssl.so.1.1

Reference :

1. https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/513449-what-unable-to-launch-the-matlabwindow-application-during-installation
2. https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/540707-why-does-matlab-fail-to-install-with-a-std-runtime_error-what-unable-to-launch-the-matlabwind

Error 2:

Warning: MATLABWindow application failed to launch. Unable to launch the MATLABWindow application

Refer to https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/364551-why-is-matlab-unable-to-run-the-matlabwindow-application-on-linux

After trying the recommended solution, if you are still encountering Error 1 & Error 2, you might missing some library depencies in your linux machine:

1. libx11
2. libxcomposite
3. libxcursor
4. libxdamage
5. libxext
6. libxfixes
7. libxft
8. libxi
9. libxrandr libxrender
10. libxScrnSaver
11. libxt
12. libxtst
13. libxxf86vm
14. alsa-lib
15. atk
16. cairo
17. cups-libs
18. fontconfig
19. GConf2
20. gtk2
21. gdk-pixbuf2
22. gnome-vfs2
23. gstreamer1-plugins-base
24. gstreamer1
25. pango
26. libsndfile
27. libxcb
28. libxslt

eg. to install the particular package : You may google "Install libx11 in ubuntu", it should promoted the installation command for your linyx system