hello,
I try to install ni-visa on ubuntu 18.04 for using it with pyVisa library.
I downloaded http://www.ni.com/download/ni-visa-17.0/6700/en/
But it fail because ubuntu don't have rpm :
sudo ./INSTALL
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NI-VISA for Linux
version 17.0.0f1 for Linux
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National Instruments products support the following Linux distributions:
openSUSE
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop + Workstation
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] y
Checking required install tools...
Checking installer tool versions...
rpm Not found in current path
tar 1.29
Checking dependencies...
glibc 2.27
Unpacking install files to /tmp/nivisa-17.0.0f1.install...
This document contains the following licenses:
(...)
y
NI-VISA for Linux version 17.0.0f1
is about to be installed using rpm at /usr/local/natinst
./INSTALL: ligne 1617: -q : commande introuvable
Would you like to continue? [Yn] y
Installing NI-VISA for Linux version 17.0.0f1...
Pre Installation .
Post Installation .
./INSTALL: ligne 422: --showrc : commande introuvable
./INSTALL: ligne 1985: & 1 : erreur de syntaxe : opérande attendu (le symbole erroné est « & 1 »)
Error: Failed to query version information for ni-kal-17.0.0.49152-0+f0.noarch.rpm.
Installer is aborted.
there is a solution ?
maybe using alien to install rpms ? in this case, wich package I have to install ?
thanks