diff --git a/doc/dynare.texi b/doc/dynare.texi
index bf320a1dbb60583234e0dd0c4a15857f94f4ef23..66e511a054c81da3b77990573c9814e43cb8f80a 100644
--- a/doc/dynare.texi
+++ b/doc/dynare.texi
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ In order to run Dynare, you need one of the following:
@itemize
@item
-MATLAB version 7.0 (R14) or above;
+MATLAB version 7.3 (R2006b) or above;
@item
GNU Octave version 3.4.0 or above.
diff --git a/m4/ax_mexopts.m4 b/m4/ax_mexopts.m4
index 90ffac234837c78b15ff2e9da160dd028326d792..02cc204993e4bf564f9bc9c11a281dab2b88c487 100644
--- a/m4/ax_mexopts.m4
+++ b/m4/ax_mexopts.m4
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ AC_REQUIRE([AX_MATLAB_ARCH])
AC_REQUIRE([AX_MATLAB_VERSION])
AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_SED])
-AX_COMPARE_VERSION([$MATLAB_VERSION], [lt], [7.0], [AC_MSG_ERROR([Your MATLAB is too old, please upgrade to 7.0 (R14) at least.])])
+AX_COMPARE_VERSION([$MATLAB_VERSION], [lt], [7.3], [AC_MSG_ERROR([Your MATLAB is too old, please upgrade to 7.3 (R2006b) at least.])])
AC_MSG_CHECKING([for options to compile MEX for MATLAB])
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ case ${MATLAB_ARCH} in
MATLAB_CFLAGS="-fexceptions -g -O2"
MATLAB_CXXFLAGS="-g -O2"
MATLAB_FFLAGS="-fexceptions -g -O2 -fno-underscoring"
- AX_COMPARE_VERSION([$MATLAB_VERSION], [eq], [7.0.1], [AC_MSG_ERROR([MATLAB version 7.0.1 (R14SP1) is buggy (LAPACK library missing for MSVC), and can't be used for compiling MEX files])])
MATLAB_DEFS="$MATLAB_DEFS -DNDEBUG"
# Note that static-libstdc++ is only supported since GCC 4.5 (but generates no error on older versions)
MATLAB_LDFLAGS="-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -shared \$(top_srcdir)/mex.def -L$MATLAB/bin/${MATLAB_ARCH}"
diff --git a/matlab/dynare.m b/matlab/dynare.m
index cc81bb8da5eef531372b50b7739db5f167fa8a2f..4945844934eb90cfdb8a2c3d389bf4a3807a8843 100644
--- a/matlab/dynare.m
+++ b/matlab/dynare.m
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ if exist('OCTAVE_VERSION')
warning('This version of Dynare has only been tested on Octave 3.4.0 and above. Since your Octave version is older than that, Dynare may fail to run, or give unexpected results. Consider upgrading your Octave installation.');
end
else
- if matlab_ver_less_than('7.0')
- warning('This version of Dynare has only been tested on MATLAB 7.0 (R14) and above. Since your MATLAB version is older than that, Dynare may fail to run, or give unexpected results. Consider upgrading your MATLAB installation, or switch to Octave.');
+ if matlab_ver_less_than('7.3')
+ warning('This version of Dynare has only been tested on MATLAB 7.3 (R2006b) and above. Since your MATLAB version is older than that, Dynare may fail to run, or give unexpected results. Consider upgrading your MATLAB installation, or switch to Octave.');
end
end
diff --git a/matlab/dynare_config.m b/matlab/dynare_config.m
index 7dc52d7b7b3f17fd521ab288b2ad9e77bd962743..ede09a40de4b4fcdf419f84a9763c90105ac22af 100644
--- a/matlab/dynare_config.m
+++ b/matlab/dynare_config.m
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ if ~exist('OCTAVE_VERSION')
end
end
-% ordeig() was introducted in MATLAB 7.0.1, and doesn't exist in Octave
-if exist('OCTAVE_VERSION') || matlab_ver_less_than('7.0.1')
+% ordeig() doesn't exist in Octave
+if exist('OCTAVE_VERSION')
addpath([dynareroot '/missing/ordeig'])
end
@@ -100,12 +100,7 @@ if exist('OCTAVE_VERSION')
else
% Add win32 specific paths for Dynare Windows package
if strcmp(computer, 'PCWIN')
- if matlab_ver_less_than('7.3')
- mexpath = [dynareroot '../mex/matlab/win32-7.0-7.2'];
- if exist(mexpath, 'dir')
- addpath(mexpath)
- end
- elseif matlab_ver_less_than('7.5')
+ if matlab_ver_less_than('7.5')
mexpath = [dynareroot '../mex/matlab/win32-7.3-7.4'];
if exist(mexpath, 'dir')
addpath(mexpath)
@@ -120,12 +115,7 @@ else
% Add win64 specific paths for Dynare Windows package
if strcmp(computer, 'PCWIN64')
- if matlab_ver_less_than('7.3')
- mexpath = [dynareroot '../mex/matlab/win64-7.2'];
- if exist(mexpath, 'dir')
- addpath(mexpath)
- end
- elseif matlab_ver_less_than('7.5')
+ if matlab_ver_less_than('7.5')
mexpath = [dynareroot '../mex/matlab/win64-7.3-7.4'];
if exist(mexpath, 'dir')
addpath(mexpath)
diff --git a/windows/README.txt b/windows/README.txt
index c03aed769c8e036c2ad9038210f29a50ac0f3cd7..48f6d3739c16d9978fd97e568aa1e1187fcc8b2f 100644
--- a/windows/README.txt
+++ b/windows/README.txt
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ NOTE: Dynare comes with an automated uninstaller, which you can run from the
Using Dynare with MATLAB (R)
----------------------------
-Dynare requires MATLAB (R) version 7.0 or above. With older versions of MATLAB (R),
-it may fail or give unexpected results.
+Dynare requires MATLAB (R) version 7.3 (R2006b) or above. With older versions
+of MATLAB (R), it may fail or give unexpected results.
To use Dynare, you just have to add the 'matlab' subdirectory of your Dynare
installation to MATLAB (R) path. You have two options for doing that:
diff --git a/windows/dynare.nsi b/windows/dynare.nsi
index 716a3c9893781919aa97d93a8f5694a38aeb13b2..44accbe6799afe4d29dbb8e1f67bdf819a496fe8 100644
--- a/windows/dynare.nsi
+++ b/windows/dynare.nsi
@@ -83,11 +83,6 @@ SectionEnd
SectionGroup "MEX files for MATLAB"
-Section "MEX files for MATLAB 32-bit, version 7.0 to 7.2 (R14 to R2006a)"
- SetOutPath $INSTDIR\mex\matlab\win32-7.0-7.2
- File ..\mex\matlab\win32-7.0-7.2\*.dll
-SectionEnd
-
Section "MEX files for MATLAB 32-bit, version 7.3 to 7.4 (R2006b to R2007a)"
SetOutPath $INSTDIR\mex\matlab\win32-7.3-7.4
File ..\mex\matlab\win32-7.3-7.4\*.mexw32
@@ -98,11 +93,6 @@ Section "MEX files for MATLAB 32-bit, version 7.5 to 8.0 (R2007b to R2012b)"
File ..\mex\matlab\win32-7.5-8.0\*.mexw32
SectionEnd
-Section "MEX files for MATLAB 64-bit, version 7.2 (R2006a)"
- SetOutPath $INSTDIR\mex\matlab\win64-7.2
- File ..\mex\matlab\win64-7.2\*.mexw64
-SectionEnd
-
Section "MEX files for MATLAB 64-bit, version 7.3 to 7.4 (R2006b to R2007a)"
SetOutPath $INSTDIR\mex\matlab\win64-7.3-7.4
File ..\mex\matlab\win64-7.3-7.4\*.mexw64