LabVIEW 7 express for Gentoo Linux

[T. J. Ulrich]

Hi guys I have Gentoo distribution and I want to install LabVIEW 7 on it I have tried but could not do it successfully can anyone tell me what do I need to have Lab View installed like if I need rpm etc, which ofcourse I do not have ,

any suggestion will be welcome

thanx alot

[David Duffey]

No, you don't need RPM.

The LabVIEW 7.1 install script works better on non-redhat systems (including gentoo).

LabVIEW 7.0 comes with utilities that should install on non-rpm systems too.

The "INSTALL" script can detect (but doesn't not work for all distros in 7.0) that you don't have an RPM system and then use the executable in the "bin" directory to pull the files out of the .rpm files for you.

What happens when you run "sh ./INSTALL?"

Make sure you don't have an executable called "rpm" in your path.

And, if you edit INSTALL and change the first occurance of:

NORPM=

to

NORPM=y

the install script should work for you.

David Duffey

[Wiebe@CARYA]

Perhaps needless to say, you do need a LabVIEW version for linux. A windows
cd won't install on linux...

Regards,

Wiebe.



"David Duffey" wrote in message
news:50650000000500000036930100-1079395200000@exchange.ni.com...
> No, you don't need RPM.
>
> The LabVIEW 7.1 install script works better on non-redhat systems
> (including gentoo).
>
> LabVIEW 7.0 comes with utilities that should install on non-rpm
> systems too.
>
> The "INSTALL" script can detect (but doesn't not work for all distros
> in 7.0) that you don't have an RPM system and then use the executable
> in the "bin" directory to pull the files out of the .rpm files for
> you.
>
> What happens when you run "sh ./INSTALL?"
>
> Make sure you don't have an executable called "rpm" in
your path.
>
> And, if you edit INSTALL and change the first occurance of:
>
> NORPM=
>
> to
>
> NORPM=y
>
> the install script should work for you.
>
> David Duffey