Index: /issm/trunk/externalpackages/matlab/install.sh
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--- /issm/trunk/externalpackages/matlab/install.sh	(revision 3699)
+++ /issm/trunk/externalpackages/matlab/install.sh	(revision 3700)
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-#Matlab version: used by Petsc to detect some weird behaviour starting at version 7.6 (all blas and lapack prototypes changed! damn them!)
-MATLAB_VERSION=7.6
+#Matlab version: used by Petsc to detect some weird behaviour starting at version 7.6/R2008a (all blas and lapack prototypes changed! damn them!)
+MATLAB_VERSION=R2008a
 
 #Erase symlink
 rm -rf install
 
-#symlink matlab to root matlab
-ln -s /Applications/MATLAB_R2008a/ install
+# MAC symlink matlab to root matlab
+#ln -s /Applications/MATLAB_R2008a/ install
+#export MATLAB_VERSION=R2008a
+# LINUX symlink matlab to root matlab
+ln -s /usr/local/pkgs/matlab-7.6/ install
 
-export MATLAB_VERSION=R2008a
 
 #initialize MATLAB_VERSION in etc/environment_variables
Index: /issm/trunk/m4/matlab.m4
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--- /issm/trunk/m4/matlab.m4	(revision 3699)
+++ /issm/trunk/m4/matlab.m4	(revision 3700)
@@ -320,6 +320,6 @@
 	R2008a)
 	MATLAB_VERSION=R2008a
-    MATLAB_MAJOR=R2008
-    MATLAB_MINOR=a
+    MATLAB_MAJOR=7
+    MATLAB_MINOR=6
 	;;