LabVIEW 8.2 segmentation fault on Ubuntu Linux 8.10 64-bit

[sankarapandian.s]

Hi Forrest,

I m having problem to install labview 8.6 in Linux. Please help me installing.

I m using ubuntu 6.10. i could nt install it.

Thanks in Advance.

[Forrest_Bao]

Are you using Ubuntu 6.10 or 8.10?

If you are using Ubuntu 8.10, you can refer this page: http://narnia.cs.ttu.edu/drupal/node/62

I just updated it today.

[sankarapandian.s]

Hi Forrest,

Thanks.

I m using Ubuntu 6.10 Only. hope i can download 8.10 soon and can get ur help soon.

I m new user to linux enviroment. Even dont knw how to install the software. Can i disturb u regarding this knw.

Thanks again.

sankar.s

[Forrest_Bao]

You should install a breand-new Ubuntu 8.10. The Linux community improves very fast.

As to basic help on Linux, you can ask your questions at Ubuntu forums for help. http://ubuntuforums.org/

If you follow my instructions, LabVIEW should work fine.

[sankarapandian.s]

Hello Forrest,

I newly installed ubuntu 8.10 and trying to install, the instructions u given, But i couldnt get installed. I m here sending the workout. Please check and helpm me.

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sankar@sankar:~$ sudo apt-get install rpm alien
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done
rpm is already the newest version.
alien is already the newest version.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  linux-headers-2.6.27-7 libots0 linux-headers-2.6.27-7-generic
  libloudmouth1-0 libt1-5 libgdome2-0 libgdome2-cpp-smart0c2a
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

sankar@sankar:~$ ls
Desktop  Documents  Examples  LABVIEW  LABVIEW8.6  Music  Pictures  Public  Templates  Videos

sankar@sankar:~$ cd LABVIEW8.6

sankar@sankar:~/LABVIEW8.6$ ls
bin                                  labview86-help-8.6.0-1.i386.rpm  NI-488                                 PATENTS.txt
COPYRIGHT                            labview86-pro-8.6.0-1.i386.rpm   niexfinder-base-1.0-11.i386.rpm        README.html
INSTALL                              labview86-ref-8.6.0-1.i386.rpm   niexfinder-labview86-8.6.0-1.i386.rpm  README.txt
labview86-appbuild-8.6.0-1.i386.rpm  labview86-rte-8.6.0-1.i386.rpm   nilvmerge-8.6.0-1.i386.rpm             UNINSTALL
labview86-core-8.6.0-1.i386.rpm      labview-rte-aal-1.1-1.i386.rpm   nisvcloc-8.6.0-1.i386.rpm
labview86-desktop-8.6.0-1.i386.rpm   LICENSE.rtf                      NI-VISA
labview86-examples-8.6.0-1.i386.rpm  LICENSE.txt                      niwebpipeline20_dep-2.0-5.i586.rpm

sankar@sankar:~/LABVIEW8.6$ sudo rpm -ivh labview86-rte-8.6.0-1.i386.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
    /bin/sh is needed by labview86-rte-8.6.0-1.i386

sankar@sankar:~/LABVIEW8.6$

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plese help me. waiting for  ur reply.

Thanks in Advance,

sankar.s

[sankarapandian.s]

Hi Forrest,

I m really thanks for ur help, i missed that --nodeps syntax, so its gave problem. now I installed successfully.

Thank you so much for ur help. Will keep in touch with u for further progress.

Wats the difference between using --nodeps and without using --nodeps at the end of command ??

Thanks Again.

sankar.s

[rolfk]

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sankarapandian.s wrote:

Hi Forrest,

Thanks.

I m using Ubuntu 6.10 Only. hope i can download 8.10 soon and can get ur help soon.

I m new user to linux enviroment. Even dont knw how to install the software. Can i disturb u regarding this knw.

Thanks again.

sankar.s

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Ubuntu 6.10 is so old there are likely many LabVIEW dependencies that are not installed at all. In earlier versions of LabVIEW a big problem was the intallation itself. LabVIEW wants to install as rpm but Ubuntu did not support that at all. The LabVIEW installer fallback for non rpm systems depended on some very spedific libraries that were seldom installed in the correct version too. Newer LabVIEW installers improved on that and I'm sure Ubuntu has made a lot of improvements to support rpm based installers better.

So the easiest solution is really to go and upgrade your Ubuntu. Otherwise you are going to track down library dependencies and versions and end up likely to get stuck between a rock and a very hard place because there are various conflicting versions and dependencies to make it all work.

Rolf Kalbermatter

[sankarapandian.s]

Hi Forrest,

I installed LabVIEW 8.6 in Ubuntu 8.10, but struck up with installing Drivers for Hardware, I downloaded the Driver 2.1 .

Help me out.

Thanks

sankar.s

[Forrest_Bao]

sorry, i don't use drivers on my machine. I only use LabVIEW.

Message Edited by Forrest Bao on 12-27-2008 12:03 PM

[DanRichards]

Hi sankar,

Have you tried looking at ubuntuforums.org? I would search for DAQmx and see how people have approached installing that very common driver. You could also search for your specific driver to see if others have dealt with this issue before.

Thanks,

Dan Richards