Issue installing latest version on Ubuntu 24.04

Hello !

It's my first time doing a post and didn't found anything about it.
I'm trying to install the latest version on desktop mode.
When trying to run the installer I got the following error :
 ./FEATool_Multiphysics.install
warning [/home/sylvain/Downloads/FEATool_Multiphysics.install]:  4370224 extra bytes at beginning or within zipfile
  (attempting to process anyway)
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::runtime_error'
  what():  Failed to launch web window with error: Unable to launch the MATLABWindow application. The exit code was: 0
Aborted (core dumped)
Application install was not successful.
Installation failed.

The major difference is that I upgraded from ubuntu 22.04 to ubuntu 24.04. Previous installer worked on ubuntu 22.04 and now don't work on my machine.
As anyone encountered this or knows a way to work around?  

Hello,

same here, seems an installation of Matlab is requested. As './FEATool_Multiphysics.install --help' doesn't do anything besides trying to install, I am stuck.

I am really thinking about buying a GUI software for OpenFOAM. This isn't good advertising,

emefff.

My current solution :
Spawn a VM of Ubuntu 22.04. Install FEATool on a dedicated folder.
Then extract the folder from the VM to the host.
Seems to work for now.

Thank you for trying the software and reporting the issue, and your workaround.

The problem is likely due to Ubuntu/Debian updating non-backwards compatible library dependencies. Some rebuilding, and repackaging is required which likely won't be available until next release later this year.

As you have found the current "workaround" is to install and run the toolbox in a older Linux (or Windows VM, or potentially Docker container should work as well). And potentially copy the installation folder to your host system.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Hello,

I also have a machine with U22.04LTS. Installing it there and transferring both dirs worked.

Thank you, helping potential new users is in fact good advertising!

I have a question though: can I do anything with the Trial Version? Everything is grayed out, I can't click anything. Is this normal?

Thanks,

emefff.

EDIT: My bad, there was a second window where I had to press 'Accept'. Sorry for the inconvenience.