Running Matlab using Python gives 'No module named matlab.engine' error

Question

I am trying to run Matlab code using Python. I tried to follow the instructions given on this Mathworks page.

When trying to import Matlab though Python, it was ins

Answer 1

pip install matlab gives you this, which installs a module with

from numpy import *
from pylab import *

inside. I'm quite sure this is not what you wanted...

I guess you tried importing the Matlab Compiler Runtime for Python. This has to be installed with the respective software from Mathworks though, it doesn't come through Python package index / pip. Check out the instrucions on their site.