Matlab Engine for Python Installation Error
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Hey there! I am trying to install the Matlab engine for python so I can run Matlab functions in my Visual Studio software. I have tried installing it even while running as an administrator. I am using windows and the image below was the error in the command promt:
![](https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/uploaded_files/343777/image.png)
Please help! I have been trying for days to see why and I am not able to find a solution :(
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Rebecca Ward
on 10 Mar 2021
I'm having the same issue and have tried the approach given in the answer below but get the same as above
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Gouri Chennuru
on 12 Aug 2020
Hi Sangaman,
As a workaround,
On Windows, you may need to run the command prompt as administrator,in order to write to the protected folders even if you have administrator access. so that you will get rid of the error.
Step 1: Search for Command Prompt from the start and right click on it, select "Run as administrator".
Step 2: Execute these commands in the command prompt opened, to start the MATLAB engine within a Python session,
cd "matlabroot\extern\engines\python"
python setup.py install
Step 3: Open MATLAB Command Prompt and execute
cd (fullfile(matlabroot,'extern','engines','python'))
system('python setup.py install')
Step 4: Now you can start Python, import the module, and start the MATLAB engine,
import matlab.engine
eng = matlab.engine.start_matlab()
Hope this Helps!
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Kieran Smith
on 12 Sep 2022
Hello, I had this issue for a long time and tried all that you have tried.
What solved it for me was installing in a non-default folder. I built it in the default folder but installed non-default as per the instructions here.
To choose an install folder, I just copied the address where my 'pip install's usually go, but so long as its a folder you have access too I think it should work.
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