NI Package Manager Hangs on Startup for Offline Computer

[jyoung8711]

NI Package Manager hangs on startup for a long time (5-10 minutes) when I run it on a computer that has LAN connectivity but no access to the "outside world".

The network connection is a hard requirement, and it would be REALLY nice if there was a "timeout" setting I could toggle... The boards suggested that there was one, but I couldn't find the setting in any INI files and am at a loss of what to do aside from just wander off for a coffee everytime I go to update my packages on this computer...

Running latest version of NI Package Manager (20.0, I believe)

Thanks.

[jyoung8711]

Some additional info... the timeout is closer to 15-20 minutes, and at the end of the wait I get the following pop-up

The code seems to cover all use cases except for extended timeouts because of LAN vs WAN access....

[CL_eisenwr]

Have you tried this

NI Package Manager feed timeout 

[jyoung8711]

I saw that post, and the setting is no longer in that file.

I was able to edit the setting using the command line tool "nipkg.exe set-config timeout XX" and I've tried a few different values, to no avail.  It still hangs for a ridiculous amount of time.

Currently my "workaround" is that I'm installing needed packages by command line "nipkg.exe install <package path>" which avoids the timeout, but this is a pretty frustrating problem...

[pvallone]

As a workaround, you can do the following:
1. Open an admin command prompt to %ProgramFiles%\National Instruments\NI Package Manager
2. Run "nipkg remove ni-package-manager-released-feed --force-essential"
3. In the NIPM settings window, untick the setting for showing the "BROWSE PRODUCTS" tab. You can get to the settings window by clicking the little gear icon in the upper-right corner of the NIPM main window.