NI-VISA on 64-bit Linux

[a4gb0s23]

Hi,

When installing NI-VISA 16 on CentOS 7, I noticed the following sentence under the "description" tab of the download page:

"Currently, only 32-bit applications are supported on the x86-64 architecture".

Could someone clarify what this means exactly? ie. Should I expect the driver to work on a 64-bit version of Linux? 

Thanks.

[JoeFriedchicken]

Hi, that's a typo 😕

NI-VISA 15.0 added 64-bit application support to Linux, so you should expect both the kernel components and user libraries to support 64-bit applications.

NI-VISA 16.0 for Linux readme :: NEW FEATURES AND IMPROVEMENTS

http://download.ni.com/support/softlib//visa/NI-VISA/16.0/Linux/README.txt

[a4gb0s23]

OK. Thanks for the clarification.

[metux]

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NI-VISA 15.0 added 64-bit application support to Linux, so you should expect both the kernel components and user libraries to support 64-bit applications. 

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Still seems to require the proprietary / binary-only kernel module (!).

Therefore inherently unstable and not usable for any production systems.

I really wonder what's the big "business secret" in there, so you seriously demand your customers to compromise their systems with that. Just talking to some card seriously can't be such an genious act that nobody may know about. The competitors will find out anyways. In the end it's just kicking the own customers in the face. 

[BlairFonville]

Is there anything special which needs to be done for installation on a 64-bit system? I'm trying to install in in Red Hat and am getting:

...
Pre Installation .
Post Installation .
Pre Installation ...................................
error: Failed dependencies:
      libstdc++.so.6 is needed by ni-pal-16.0.0.49153-0+f1.i386
      libstdc++.so.6 is needed by niorbki-14.1.1-f0.x86_64
Error installing NI-VISA for Linux 16.0.0f0.

Installer is aborted

I have libstdc++.so.6 in /usr/lib64 and I tried putting the path in PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH with the same result. So, I is the installer is looking for the 32-bit version?

Thanks

Blair

[metux]

Seems you need the 32bit glibc. Look for an i386 package that provides  libstdc++.so.6.

NI folks could have done it right and just provide proper yum repos instead of such silly installer scripts that drive the low-level end of rpm by foot - then yum would resolve the dependencies automatically. Seems they still didn't understand what a package manager is for (yes, it's around for just 20yrs - far too new for old dinosaurs to keep up) 😮

[dNUX]

Hi,

  I'm using the IO Trace that is included in NI-VISA 17.0 on CentOS 7 (64-bit).

  The IO Trace is not capturing anything ; I'm running custom 64-bit apps.

  Interactive Control does output some GPIB command in IO Trace.

  Anyone had success running IO Trace for 64-bit apps on CentOS 7 (64-bit) ?

  Thx.

[pankaj]

Hi dNUX,

What NI Software have you installed? From your post, I am assuming that you have installed NI-VISA 17.0 along with the IO Trace that came with it. Please post the output of:

rpm -qa 'ni*'

Also, what API is your application using? IO Trace has an option to select which API's to log in 'Tools >> Options >> View Selection'. Check that the API you are trying to log is listed there and enabled.

[vpinho13]

Hello, 

What about super user permissions??

[wfawcett]

Hello,

I have the same problem as BlairFonville above. I'm trying to install on CentOS 7 and I get the error

Pre Installation ..............................................................................
error: Failed dependencies:
libstdc++.so.6 is needed by ni-pal-17.0.0.49152-0+f0.i386
libstdc++.so.6 is needed by ni-orb-nikalmod-17.0.0.49152-0+f0.x86_64
Error installing NI-VISA for Linux 17.0.0f1.

As metux pointed out, I guess I need an i386 package that provides  libstdc++.so.6. But how do I get this package?

Many thanks,

Will