Install NI-VISA on Ubuntu 18.04

[yy82]

Hi,

I am using Ubuntu 18.04 and I need to install NI-VISA.

But according to

https://www.ni.com/pdf/manuals/378353a.html#install

NI-VISA is not available for .deb-based linux distributions.

I 'd like to know if there is any way to install NI-VISA on Ubuntu 18.04?

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[Original message]

I followed the steps as described in

https://www.ni.com/en/support/downloads/drivers/download.ni-linux-device-drivers.html

and

http://www.ni.com/product-documentation/54754/en/ 

I downloaded NI Linux Device Drivers version 2020.

After installing the repository addon and refreshing the package list, the following cmd

sudo apt install ni-visa

raises error:

E: Unable to locate package ni-visa

Indeed, runing

apt-cache search ni- | grep visa

gives only

python-pyvisa-py - Backend that implements a large part of the VISA in pure Python
python3-pyvisa-py - Backend that implements a large part of the VISA in pure Python 3

However, according to

https://www.ni.com/pdf/manuals/378353a.html

the driver's name is ni-visa. I'm not sure what is wrong?

[yy82 · Accepted solution]

Problem solved.

Switched to use pyvisa-py as a VISA backend, and use pyvisa as a frontend.

Also need to add a rule for accessing USB-linked devices on ubuntu, see

https://lucask07.github.io/instrbuilder/build/html/linux_visa.html

[popnut]

Hello,

I have a question about how do you add the linux-gpib on the ubuntu 18.04 os? Thanks in advance.

Bests