# Interactive Matlab

Remember gplogin\* (login node) is a shared resource, so one shouldn't be running matlab directly on a login node. It's not a problem until someone points it out as a problem, so we need everyone to get in the habit of requesting an interactive session for Matlab when not using the Slurm scheduler.

<div class="gmail_default" id="bkmrk-for-interactive-sess">for interactive sessions on Intel</div>```gmail-bash
srun --pty --x11 -t 24:00:00 -n 1 --mem=8192 -p brd2.4,has2.5,nes2.8,sib2.9,sky2.4 bash -i
```

 for interactive sessions on AMD

```gmail-bash
srun --pty --x11 -t 24:00:00 -n 1 --mem=8192 -p ilg2.3,m-c1.9,mc2.2 bash -i
```

<div class="gmail_default" id="bkmrk-after-you-get-a-shel"><div>after you get a shell</div></div>```bash
ml purge
ml matlab
matlab &
```