Cannot install dynare-matlab because of invalid configuration

Hello, I have installed Matlab and I’m now trying to install dynare-matlab. This is my config:

  • Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS

  • Matlab 9.7.0.1471314 (R2019b) Update 7

I have the following error:

Paramétrage de dynare-matlab (4.5.4-1) ...
Building Matlab extensions (logfile at /tmp/dynare-matlab-mexbuild-1606816505.wFmxNr0)
configure: WARNING: you should use --build, --host, --target
configure: WARNING: invalid host type: '9.7
Invalid configuration `'9.7': machine `'9.7' not recognized
configure: error: /bin/bash ./config.sub '9.7 failed
dpkg: erreur de traitement du paquet dynare-matlab (--configure) :
 installed dynare-matlab package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Paramétrage de libcodemodel-java (2.6+jaxb2.3.0.1-7~18.04) ...
Paramétrage de libtxw2-java (2.3.0.1-7~18.04) ...
Paramétrage de libistack-commons-java (3.0.6-3~18.04) ...
Paramétrage de libjaxb-java (2.3.0.1-7~18.04) ...
Paramétrage de libapache-poi-java (4.0.1-1~18.03) ...
Traitement des actions différées (« triggers ») pour bamfdaemon (0.5.3+18.04.20180207.2-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Traitement des actions différées (« triggers ») pour libc-bin (2.27-3ubuntu1.3) ...
Traitement des actions différées (« triggers ») pour man-db (2.8.3-2ubuntu0.1) ...
Traitement des actions différées (« triggers ») pour hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...
Traitement des actions différées (« triggers ») pour mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ...
Traitement des actions différées (« triggers ») pour desktop-file-utils (0.23-1ubuntu3.18.04.2) ...
Traitement des actions différées (« triggers ») pour install-info (6.5.0.dfsg.1-2) ...
Des erreurs ont été rencontrées pendant l'exécution :
 dynare-matlab
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I saw this answer but it doesn’t indicate which version of Matlab is available with dynare-matlab 4.5.4-1.

Sorry if this is redundant, but which version of Matlab and dynare-matlab should I use?

Dynare 4.5.4 is only compatible with MATLAB up to R2017b.

My recommendation would be to upgrade your Ubuntu installation to version 20.04 (the most recent LTS), or even to 20.10. Those versions of Ubuntu include Dynare 4.6, which is compatible with MATLAB R2019b.

Alternatively, if you can’t upgrade your Ubuntu installation, then you should compile Dynare 4.6.3 from source, following the instructions given on our website.

Thank you for your answer