matlabshared.supportpkg.getSupportPackageRoot - Get root folder of support packages - MATLAB (original) (raw)
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Get root folder of support packages
Syntax
Description
[installDir](#bu2w%5Ft8-installDir) = matlabshared.supportpkg.getSupportPackageRoot gets root folder of the current support packages. MATLAB® installs all support packages to this location.
Examples
Use the setSupportPackageRoot function to change the installation folder for support packages. You need administrative privileges to use this function.
matlabshared.supportpkg.setSupportPackageRoot('C:\MATLAB\CustomSupportPackageRoot')
Use getSupportPackageRoot to check that the change was successful.
matlabshared.supportpkg.getSupportPackageRoot
ans =
C:\MATLAB\CustomSupportPackageRoot
Output Arguments
Root folder of support packages, returned as a character vector.
The default location of the root folder is platform specific:
- Windows® –
C:\ProgramData\MATLAB\SupportPackages\_`release`_ - Linux® –
~/Documents/MATLAB/SupportPackages/_`release`_ - macOS –
~/Documents/MATLAB/SupportPackages/_`release`_
_`release`_ is the current MATLAB release.
If a folder exists at the default location and is not empty, MATLAB sets the root folder location to the default location appended with n. For example, on a Windows system running MATLAB R2021a, if the folderC:\ProgramData\MATLAB\SupportPackages\R2021a exists and is not empty, MATLAB sets the root folder toC:\ProgramData\MATLAB\SupportPackages\R2021a_1 by default.
Example: 'C:\MATLAB\SupportPackage\R2020b'
Data Types: char
Version History
Introduced in R2016a