"MATLABWindow application failed to launch..." Why isn't MATLAB functioning properly?

Question

Hello StackOverFlow world! I am a novice to computer programming and would appreciate your guidance solving this issue I am confronting in MATLAB. I've been experimenting with MATLAB by using theSimulink function, however, I was hit with a notification saying:

   Warning: MATLABWindow application failed to launch. Unable to launch the MATLABWindow application
   >In sltemplate.ui.StartPage/showWithFallback
    In sltemplate.ui.StartPage.show

I searched on several forums online and they advised me to enter the following the commands to further analyze the situation.

  >> cd(matlabroot)
    >> ! bin/glnxa64/MATLABWindow
    bin/glnxa64/MATLABWindow: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libatk-1.0.so.0: undefined symbol: g_log_structured_standard

I've been searching far and wide for my specific issue but I've yet to have found a solution. Looking forward to your responses!

Answer 1

Reference

1. Go to matlab root folder
2. cd /cefclient/sys/os/glnxa64/
3. mkdir bak
4. mv * bak
5. mv bak/libcef.so ./

Tested under ubuntu 18.04 with matlab r2017a