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# MATSOLVERMATLAB
"matlab" - Providing direct solver LU for `MATSEQAIJ` matrix via the external package MATLAB. Use `./configure` with the options `--with-matlab` to install PETSc with this capability


## Options Database Key

- ***-pc_factor_mat_solver_type matlab -*** selects MATLAB to do the sparse factorization





## See Also
 [](ch_matrices), `Mat`, `PCLU`, `PCFactorSetMatSolverType()`, `MatSolverType`

## Level
beginner

## Location
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/mat/impls/aij/seq/matlab/aijmatlab.c.html#MATSOLVERMATLAB">src/mat/impls/aij/seq/matlab/aijmatlab.c</A>


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