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for older operating systems or third-party libraries.
If you need to use these, you can use an old release of Drake.

## Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic)

The last version with support for Ubuntu 18.04 is v1.1.0:

* <https://github.com/RobotLocomotion/drake/releases/tag/v1.1.0>

## Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial)

The last version with support for Ubuntu 16.04 is v0.11.0:

* <https://github.com/RobotLocomotion/drake/releases/tag/v0.11.0>

## MATLAB 2015
# Ubuntu packages

* Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic)
* The last version with support for Ubuntu 18.04 was
[v1.1.0](https://github.com/RobotLocomotion/drake/releases/tag/v1.1.0).
* Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial)
* The last version with support for Ubuntu 16.04 was
[v0.11.0](https://github.com/RobotLocomotion/drake/releases/tag/v0.11.0).

# macOS packages

* macOS 12 (Monterey)
* The last version with support for macOS 12 was
[v1.22.0](https://github.com/RobotLocomotion/drake/releases/tag/v1.22.0).
* macOS 11 (Big Sur)
* The last version with support for macOS 11 was
[v1.9.0](https://github.com/RobotLocomotion/drake/releases/tag/v1.9.0).
* macOS 10.15 (Catalina)
* The last version with support for macOS 10.15 was
[v0.35.0](https://github.com/RobotLocomotion/drake/releases/tag/v0.35.0).
* macOS 10.14 (Mojave)
* The last version with support for macOS 10.14 was
[v0.24.0](https://github.com/RobotLocomotion/drake/releases/tag/v0.24.0).
* macOS 10.13 (High Sierra)
* The last version with support for macOS 10.13 was
[v0.11.0](https://github.com/RobotLocomotion/drake/releases/tag/v0.11.0).

# Wheel packages

* Python 3.10 (Wheel)
* On Linux, Drake still supports Python 3.10 wheels.
* On macOS, the last version with support for Python 3.10 wheels was
[v1.12.0](https://github.com/RobotLocomotion/drake/releases/tag/v1.12.0).
* Python 3.9 (Wheel)
* On Linux, Drake still supports Python 3.9 wheels.
* On macOS, the last version with support for Python 3.9 wheels was
[v1.5.0](https://github.com/RobotLocomotion/drake/releases/tag/v1.5.0).
* Python 3.7 (Wheel)
* On Linux, the last version with support for Python 3.7 wheels was
[v1.1.0](https://github.com/RobotLocomotion/drake/releases/tag/v1.1.0).
* On macOS, Drake never supported Python 3.7 wheels.
* Python 3.6 (Wheel)
* On Linux, the last version with support for Python 3.6 wheels was
[v1.1.0](https://github.com/RobotLocomotion/drake/releases/tag/v1.1.0).
* On macOS, Drake never supported Python 3.6 wheels.

# MATLAB 2015

Download the appropriate binary release (v0.9.x) for your platform from
<https://github.com/RobotLocomotion/drake/releases>.
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not expect that you will be able to easily compile/run the code, and do not
provide support for this.

### Running MATLAB examples
## Running MATLAB examples

To run the MATLAB examples, change directories (in MATLAB) into the ``drake-distro/drake`` folder and at the MATLAB prompt do:

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Please note that you will have to run `addpath_drake` each time you start MATLAB, or [add it to your startup.m](http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/startup.html).

### Linux Specific
## Linux Specific

The version of the standard C++ libraries that are shipped with the Linux distribution of MATLAB is severely outdated and can cause problems when running mex files that are built against a newer version of the standard. The typical error message in this case reports `Invalid MEX-Files`.

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