License Management (MATLAB Installation Guide for Unix) MATLAB Installation Guide for Unix     Running MATLAB with Other FLEXlm Applications If you have another application that uses the FLEXlm license manager, you can share a single license manager, or run separate license managers on the same or different hosts. Sharing a License Server To share a license manager with another application, combine the DAEMON and INCREMENT lines from both License Files into a single License File, keeping a single SERVER line that identifies the license server host. If the other applications are using a different version of the FLEXlm software than the MathWorks products, run the newest version of the license manager. If you share a license manager and you centralize the license information in a License File other than $MATLAB/etc/license.dat, you must indicate to MATLAB where the file is located. You can define the file location to MATLAB by performing one of the following: Create $MATLAB/etc/license.dat as a symbolic link to the central License File. Redefine the LM_LICENSE_FILE environment variable. If you're running FLEXlm version 6 or later, you can also use the MLM_LICENSE_FILE environment variable, where MLM represents the MathWorks vendor daemon. See Specifying the Location of the License File for more information. Running Separate License Managers To run separate license managers, use separate License Files. If you are running them on the same host, be sure to use a different TCP port number on the SERVER line in each License File.  Running MATLAB on a Heterogeneous Network Creating a Local License Options File