Supported Driver Packages for Linux Distributions

To install the specified packages for the following NI drivers, use your Linux distribution's package manager.
Table 1. Supported NI Driver Packages for Linux Distributions
DriverRequired PackageOptional Packages
NI-488.2ni-488.2libni4882-devel

ni-488.2-iotrace-support

Automotive Diagnostic Command Set Toolkitni-adcsni-adcs-labview-20xy-supportlib

nidiagcs-devel

NI-DAQmxni-daqmxni-daqmx-labview-20xy-support

ni-daqmx-labview-supportlib

nidaqmx-devel
NI-DCPowerni-dcpowerni-dcpower-daqmx

ni-dcpower-labview-20xy-support

ni-dcpower-labview-support

ni-dcpower-devel
NI-DMMni-dmmni-dmm-daqmx

ni-dmm-labview-20xy-support

ni-dmm-labview-support

ni-dmm-devel
ECU Measurement andCalibration Toolkitni-ecumcni-ecumc-labview-20xy-support

libniemcc-devel

NI-FGENni-fgenni-fgen-daqmx

ni-fgen-devel

ni-fgen-labview-support

ni-fgen-labview-20xy-support
FlexRIOni-flexrioni-flexrio-795x

ni-flexrio-796x

ni-flexrio-797x

libniflexrioapi-devel

ni-flexrio-modulario-libs-devel
Hardware Configuration Utilityni-hwcfg-utility
PXI Platform Servicesni-pxiplatformservicesni-pxiplatformservices-labview-20xy-support

ni-pxiplatformservices-labview-support

ni-pxiplatformservices-devel
NI-RIOni-fpga-interfaceni-rio-mxie
NI R Seriesni-rseries
NI-RFSAni-rfsani-rfsa-daqmx

ni-rfsa-labview-20xy-support

ni-rfsa-devel
NI-RFSGni-rfsgni-rfsg-daqmx

ni-rfsg-labview-20xy-support

ni-rfsg-devel
NI-SCOPEni-scopeni-scope-daqmx

ni-scope-labview-20xy-support

ni-scope-labview-support

ni-scope-devel
NI-Serialni-serial
NI-SWITCHni-switchni-switch-daqmx

ni-switch-daqmx-config

ni-switch-labview-support

ni-switch-labview-20xy-examples

ni-switch-devel
NI-Syncni-syncni-sync-devel

ni-sync-labview-20xy-support

ni-sync-labview-support
System Configurationni-syscfg-runtimeni-syscfg-labview-20xy-support

ni-syscfg-labview-support

ni-iotrace

ni-syscfg-devel
NI-VISAni-visani-visa-labview-20xy-support

ni-visa-labview-support

ni-visa-devel
NI-XNETni-xnetni-xnet-labview-20xy-support

libnixnet-devel

NI RIO enables connections via the FPGA Interface API to remote RIO devices such as CompactRIO, Single-Board RIO, and Ethernet RIO
The following are categories of optional packages:
  • LabVIEW support packages: These packages install the driver APIs to LabVIEW. LabVIEW support packages have driver and 'labview' in the package name. There are of two types:
    • Version-specific LabVIEW support packages: An older style of LabVIEW support packages that lists a year. Only use this support package when the LabVIEW support package matches the version of LabVIEW that you need to use.
    • Version-agnostic LabVIEW support packages: A newer style of LabVIEW support packages. Use this support package when you cannot find a LabVIEW support package that matches the version of LabVIEW that you need to use.
  • Development packages: These packages install header files that are needed to compile code with the driver, but that aren't required to execute code that was compiled somewhere else. Typically, this is needed on the development machine but not always on a deployed system. These package names end with "-devel".
  • Driver-DAQmx support packages: Each of the following packages have a few hardware devices that have separate drivers built on top of DAQmx. These packages function as the top-level driver package for those particular hardware devices.
    • NI-DCPower
    • NI-DMM
    • NI-FGEN
    • NI-RFSA
    • NI-RFSG
    • NI-SCOPE
    • NI-SWITCH