how to install LV runtime engine and run .vi's in linux

[mcdave]

I am attemtpting to load run time engine and run a .vi on Linux system.

Here is what I have done so far.

1. I don't have rpm on my system (gentoo) so I used the app on the install cd called INSTALL.norpm to install

labview70-rte-7.0.1.i386.rpm. It looks like it worked, there are a lot of files copied to /usr/local. A couple of .so files and a directory called Labview-7.0 (12M of files). 

2. Made a test vi on other linux box that has full development system installed (also gentoo but i have rpm on this system).

    Do I need this application builder i keep hearing about to make an .exe or can I run vi's with this run time engine?

    What is the syntax to run a vi in linux?  ./test.vi   ????

    Is application builder a seperate program that I must purchase?

When I attemp to run a vi I get garbage printing to the console, not unlike when you cat a binary file.

Any help would be appreciated. Is there instructions somewhare??? A manual perhaps that explains rte install and operation.

D.A.M.

[Dennis_Knutson]

You need the application builder to create an exe. The rte by itself will not run a VI. The exe does require the rte. It is possible to create a "loader" program that you can use to run separate VIs but the loader program must be created with the app builder. The app builder is a separate add-on or if you buy the professional version of LabVIEW, it comes included with that.