LabView¶

We have a site license for LabView, the license server is lic-ni.psi.ch:27020.

Installation of LabView¶

Select the desired version on the NI Download Portal.

It downloads a zip file which you need to extract and to install the rpm file according to your OS, e.g.:

sudo dnf install ni-labview-2024-pro-24.3.1.49155-0+f3-rhel9.noarch.rpm

This now installs the package repository for given LabView version. Now it is just left to install it

sudo dnf install ni-labview-2024-pro

Note that by default the package repository file will be removed by the next Puppet run. To avoid this set rpm_repos::purge: false in Hiera or check the chapter "Installation via Puppet and Hiera".

Installation of LabView Drivers¶

Again select you desired version on the NI Download Portal.

Again it downloads a zip file you need to extract and then install the suitable rpm file, e.g.:

sudo dnf install ni-rhel9-drivers-2024Q3.rpm

This now installs the package repository for the drivers. Next install the needed drivers, e.g.

sudo dnf install ni-488.2

Now the kernel drivers need to be prepared

sudo dkms autoinstall

and finally reboot to prepare everything for showtime.

Note that by default the package repository file will be removed by the next Puppet run. To avoid this set rpm_repos::purge: false in Hiera or check the next chapter "Installation via Puppet and Hiera".

Installation via Puppet and Hiera¶

Above example could also be configured with Hiera:

rpm_repos::repo::labview:
    name: 'labview'
    descr: "NI LabVIEW 2024 Q3 pro"
    baseurl: 'https://download.ni.com/ni-linux-desktop/LabVIEW/2024/Q3/f1/pro/rpm/ni-labview-2024/el9'
    gpgkey: 'https://download.ni.com/ni-linux-desktop/stream/ni-linux-desktop-2019.pub'
    disable: false
    gpgcheck: false
    repo_gpgcheck: true

rpm_repos::repo::labview_drivers:
    name: 'labview_drivers'
    descr: "NI Linux Software 2024 Q3"
    baseurl: 'https://download.ni.com/ni-linux-desktop/2024/Q3/rpm/ni/el9'
    gpgkey: 'https://download.ni.com/ni-linux-desktop/stream/ni-linux-desktop-2019.pub'
    disable: false
    gpgcheck: false
    repo_gpgcheck: true

rpm_repos::default:
    - 'labview'
    - 'labview_drivers'

base::pkg_group::labview:
  - 'ni-labview-2024-pro'
  - 'ni-488.2'

base::package_groups:
  - 'labview'

The main difficulty is to figure out the repository URLs, which is easiest done by the manual download, unpack and install the rpm file. Or by inspecting its content.

But with this Hiera configuration the setup can easily be replicated to other machines or to recreate the current setup.

What still needs to be done on first installation and cannot be automated with Puppet is: Now the kernel drivers need to be prepared

sudo dkms autoinstall