Hello all! I'm trying to install NI-488.2 v2.9.1f0 on Ubuntu 14.04. My end goal is to upgrade an old C application written for the GPIB-ENET/100 for compatibility with the GPIB-ENET/1000.
Of course Ubuntu is not an RPM Linux distribution but we're bound by a large existing infrastructure on Ubuntu and I thought I had read that this install will fall back on a tarball installation if RPM isn't found.
My first installation attempt indicated success but when looking in /usr/local/natinst for the installed files, only /usr/local/natinst/share/etc/share.dir exists.
I've tried a bunch of other approaches since my initial attempt.
Most involve manually extracting the libraries, scripts, and executables and trying to determine where they need to go and what environment variables need to be set but with little success.
Here's the output from a clean-slate installation that indicates success but does not seem to actually install anything except that one file... Any thoughts?
user@ubuntu:~/ni4882-2.9.1f0$ sudo ./INSTALL
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NI-488.2
version 2.9.1f0 for Linux
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NI-488.2 supports the following Linux distributions:
openSUSE
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Scientific Linux
Refer to README.txt for the latest information at the time of release.
Refer to www.ni.com/linux for the most recent information about Linux
support at National Instruments.
Continue? [Yn]
Checking required install tools...
Checking installer tool versions...
rpm Not found in current path
tar 1.27.1
Checking dependencies...
glibc 2.19
Unpacking install files to /tmp/NI4882-2.9.1f0.install...
/bin/grep: /lib/modules/3.13.0-37-generic/build/include/linux/version.h: No such file or directory
###############################################################################
LICENSE AGREEMENT STUFF...
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NI-488.2 version 2.9.1f0
is about to be installed using rpm at /usr/local/natinst
Would you like to continue? [Yn]
Installing NI-488.2 version 2.9.1f0...
Pre Installation .
Post Installation .
Pre Installation ............
Post Installation ............
FOR PATENTS COVERING NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS PRODUCTS, REFER TO
THE PATENTS.txt FILE ON /home/user/ni4882-2.9.1f0 AND/OR
www.ni.com/patents
NI-488.2 Installation completed successfully.
