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NI-VXI/VISA Software
Installation
This chapter describes how to install and uninstall the NI-VXI/VISA
software for Linux.
Installing the NI-VXI/VISA Software for Linux
Before you begin, you may need to install Linux on your computer. Refer
to the Linux documentation for instructions. After your computer is booted
into Linux, you are ready to install the NI-VXI/VISA software.
To install NI-VXI/VISA for the PCI-MXI-2 for Linux, perform the
following steps:
1.
Insert the NI-VXI/VISA for Linux CD.
2.
Login to your system as
root
.
3.
Mount the CD-ROM.
4.
To change the current directory to the mounted CD-ROM, type the
following command:
cd /mnt/cdrom
5.
To run the installation script, type the following command:
./INSTALL
The
INSTALL
places NI-VXI and NI-VISA in their default locations. The
script uses
rpm
to install the packages on systems that support it or extracts
the files directly on other systems. The script also optionally installs
support for NI-VXI in LabVIEW.
You also can install the RPM files without going through the
INSTALL
script by using
rpm
,
glint
, or
gnorpm
on RedHat or other RPM-based
systems. For example, to install NI-VXI in
/opt
on a RedHat 5.x system,
type the following command:
rpm --prefix=/opt/nivxi
-Uvh nivxi-pcimxi-1.6-1.i386.rpm
where
1.6-1
is the version you are installing. Note that this version
number will be different if you are installing a newer version.