Authentication Error Labview Community Ubuntu 18 Install

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Hi, I am trying to install Labview Community in Ubuntu 18 but I am getting this error when installing:

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Installing NI System Configuration Runtime...
rpm: RPM should not be used directly install RPM packages, use Alien instead!
rpm: However assuming you know what you are doing...
error: Failed dependencies:
avahi is needed by ni-avahi-client-20.0.0.49152-0+f0.x86_64
/bin/sh is needed by ni-avahi-client-20.0.0.49152-0+f0.x86_64
/bin/sh is needed by ni-software-action-services-20.0.0.49153-0+f1.x86_64
/bin/sh is needed by ni-targetcfg-7.0.0.49153-0+f1.x86_64
nicurli >= 20.0.0 is needed by ni-wsrepl-20.0.0.49152-0+f0.x86_64
/bin/sh is needed by ni-wsrepl-20.0.0.49152-0+f0.x86_64
/bin/sh is needed by ni-sysapi-20.0.0.49152-0+f0.x86_64
/bin/sh is needed by ni-syscfg-runtime-20.0.0.49152-0+f0.x86_64
Installation of NI Example Finder (LabVIEW 2020) is aborted because the
installation of the NI System Configuration Runtime failed.

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Afterwards it still says Labview is installed but when launched I am asked to authenticate but authentication fails and tells to redownload and reinstall labview. Does anyone know how this is solved?

[npga_67]

I am having the same issue as well. I even tried converting to .deb before hand installing the files separately. same issue.

[Pugsley]

Same issue with Labview 2021 SP1 installlation under Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, except with a twist... the Community edition installed successfully using the as-delivered INSTALL script.  When I tried the Pro/Full version (we have a license) I first had to override the static-linked cpio in the distribution, which did not have large file support enabled, with the default system one (see http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/coreutils-faq.html#Value-too-large-for-defined-data-type  ).  After that, I got the same errors.

The interesting bit is that the 2021 SP1 Community version INSTALL script worked perfectly and that version ran on my system.  A fix may be in the Community INSTALL script, I will take a look at the differences.

[Pugsley]

Update (too late to edit): 

After ingestivating, the Community .iso includes .deb files!  I am assuming the INSTALL uses these for Ubuntu.  This is hopeful for future Pro support, but doesn't solve our problem.  Alien is not able to convert or install the Pro .rpm files on my system for some reason, more work to do.  Will try rpm --no-deps if I get desperate.

[psuedonym]

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@Pugsley wrote:

Update (too late to edit): 

After ingestivating, the Community .iso includes .deb files!  I am assuming the INSTALL uses these for Ubuntu.  This is hopeful for future Pro support, but doesn't solve our problem.  Alien is not able to convert or install the Pro .rpm files on my system for some reason, more work to do.  Will try rpm --no-deps if I get desperate.

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No, the INSTALL file did not work for me on Linux Mint even though LM is a Debian distro.

I ran INSTALL as an administrator.

LOL.  I thought that the INSTALL would work for those distros that use RPM files. I guess I am wrong.

Anyway, what worked for me on Linux Mint is https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/q20ecm/help_how_to_install_labview_on_ubuntu/i7lx3zz/