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johnnyfappleseed
October 7th, 2012, 03:57 AM
Great job all -

When you put up an icon at the Ubuntu Software Center be clear when the item advertised is "not" the item advertised, e.g., MATLAB.

Many, such as myself, would be interested in installing this package straight away since we have heard good things about it - therefore an interest.

However, half-way through the installation it is asking me for my current version location of MATLAB which I didn't have. To wit: IT IS NOT MATLAB, it is an accessory program for MATLAB. The installation crashed, no way out, and now I have a bunch of garbage on my hardrive that I can't get off.

DO NOT ADVERTISE A PRODUCT IF YOU ARE NOT OFFERING THE PRODUCT.

BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THE ICON IS PRESENTING.

Thanks, and keep up the good work.
lisati
October 7th, 2012, 04:03 AM
Not a support request
Thread moved to The Community Cafe.
3Miro
October 7th, 2012, 04:05 AM
IF you search MATLAB and then hit "More Info" it says clearly:

"This package does not provide MATLAB. ...."

Although I do agree that the package shouldn't be called MATLAB, but something else (Ubuntu Companion for MATLAB maybe).
jerrrys
October 7th, 2012, 04:42 AM
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/matlab-support/+bug/1043317
thatguruguy
October 7th, 2012, 04:43 AM
Great job all -

When you put up an icon at the Ubuntu Software Center be clear when the item advertised is "not" the item advertised, e.g., MATLAB.

Many, such as myself, would be interested in installing this package straight away since we have heard good things about it - therefore an interest.

However, half-way through the installation it is asking me for my current version location of MATLAB which I didn't have. To wit: IT IS NOT MATLAB, it is an accessory program for MATLAB. The installation crashed, no way out, and now I have a bunch of garbage on my hardrive that I can't get off.

DO NOT ADVERTISE A PRODUCT IF YOU ARE NOT OFFERING THE PRODUCT.

BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THE ICON IS PRESENTING.

Thanks, and keep up the good work.

Just so you know, this is a forum of users helping users. You might want to contact Canonical (http://www.ubuntu.com/contact-us), the company behind Ubuntu. Even better, you may want to report a bug (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center).
Paqman
October 7th, 2012, 06:20 PM
Not a support request


Guy says he has:

a bunch of garbage on my hardrive that I can't get off
which sounds like something we can help with.

johnnyfappleseed, what is it you've got on your hard drive that you can't get rid of?