Prerequisits

Since MTEX is a MATLAB toolbox MATLAB has to be installed in order to use MTEX. So far the MTEX toolbox has been tested with MATLAB versions 7.1 and higher. No additional toolboxes are required.

Personal Installation

Installing MTEX for a single user is very simple.

extract MTEX to an arbitrary folder
start MATLAB
navigate to the MTEX folder
type into the MATLAB command window

startup_mtex

When asked whether to install MTEX permanently answer Yes

After the next start of MATLAB you should be greeted by the message

MTEX toolbox loaded

Update an Installation

Updating an existing installation of MTEX to a knew version is exactly the same as installing MTEX.

extract the new MTEX version to a new folder different from the old MTEX installation
start MATLAB
navigate to the new MTEX folder
type into the MATLAB command window

startup_mtex

When asked whether to install MTEX permanently answer Yes

Multiuser Installation

Installing MTEX for all users on a computer is slightly more difficult.

extract MTEX to MATLAB-Directory/toolbox/mtex
rename mtex/startup_root.m to mtex/startup.m overwritting the old file mtex/startup.m
move mtex/startup.m to MATLAB-Directory/toolbox/local
start MATLAB

You should now be greeted by the message

in order to start the MTEX toolbox type: startup_mtex

After typing

startup_mtex

MTEX is ready for work!

Configure Your MTEX Installation

MTEX may be custumized in several ways including

default Euler angle convention
default color map
default plotting conventions
default accuracy of ODF calculations

All these settings can changed in the file mtex_settings.m

Compiling MTEX Your Self

Compiling MTEX is only necessary if the provided binaries does not run on your system or if you want to optimize them to you specific system. Compiling instructions can be found at the CompilationGuide.

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