I can't install NI-VISA on Centos 5.5

[scagno83]

Hi all,

I can't install NI-VISA v.5.0.0.iso on Centos 5.5 distro. I have followed the README file and I have seen that this problem is solved into OpenSUSE disto. The error is

************************************ ERROR *************************************
* Kernel source does not appear to be installed for the 2.6.18-194.3.1.el5 kernel.
*    Installation of the kernel-source package for kernel 2.6.18-194.3.1.el5 is
*                   required to continue this installation.
************************************ ERROR ************************************

I have installed also the kernel-source package as showed into following link http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/I_need_the_Kernel_Source. The error is the same.

Could you please help me?

[MarcoMar]

Hi Scagno!

Unfortunately VISA driver is not compatible with CentOS.

What kind of device do you have to control with thos driver (usb, serial, gpib..) ?

Bye!

[scagno83]

Hi MarcoMar,

We are looking to control a spectrum analyzer remotely over an Ethernet connection - what are our options ? The unit is an Agilent N9340B

Bye

Scagno83

[scagno83]

Dear All,

We have completed the installation of NI-VISA-5.0.0 on CentOS 5.5. We have solved installing correct kernel-devel in our machine.

Thanks for your support.

Bye

scagno83

[lup]

hi,Scagno83: I can install NI-Visa4.4 in Labview8.6 on centos5.6, but I can't install visa5.0 on centos5.6, it says:

******************************** ERROR ****************************************
* The version of gcc in the path does not match the version of gcc used to    *
* compile the currently running kernel.  This can cause unpredictable         *
* behavior in kernel drivers and should be fixed.                             *
* gcc version: gcc 版本 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-50)                                         

                 *
* kernel compiled with: 4.1.2                                                 *
******************************** ERROR ****************************************

Have you tried visa5.0 on centos5.6?

[scagno83]

Hi lup,

I have updated 5.5 distro to 5.6. I have run updateNIDrivers utility as root. So I confirm you that NI-VISA 5.0 driver works also with CentOS 5.6.

Regards

scagno83