Environment and dependency management in MATLAB

MATLAB does not use virtual environments like Python, where isolated environments manage dependencies. Instead, MATLAB handles project-specific dependencies using:

• Toolboxes - Pre-packaged libraries that must be licensed and available
• MATLAB projects - A feature that manages paths and environments for a project
• Path management - Manually adding paths to the MATLAB search path with addpath and rmpath

To check dependencies in a project:

• Use requiredfilesandproducts to identify required MathWorks toolboxes for a script of function.
• Use the the Dependency Analyzer to detect file dependencies.

Custom MATLAB Dependency Manager

To offer a solution for managing dependencies in MATLAB through a dependency file, we have created a Dependency Manager:

DependencyManager