For a list of supported hardware, refer to the NI Hardware and Operating System Compatibility page. For details about a specific driver's system requirements, limitations, and so on, refer to the readme for the individual driver (linked below).
The following table shows driver support for several Linux distributions. Use your Linux distribution's package manager to install the specified add-on files for an NI driver.
| Driver | Packages | RHEL18 | RHEL19 | openSUSE2 15.4 | openSUSE2 15.5 | Ubuntu3 20.04 | Ubuntu3 22.04 | Driver Release Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tested Kernel | 4.18 | 5.14 | 5.14 | 5.14 | 5.15 | 5.19 | ||
| NI-488.2 | Required Packages: ni-488.2 Optional Packages: libni4882-devel ni-488.2-iotrace-support | NI-488.2 2023 Q3 | ||||||
| Automotive Diagnostic Command Set Toolkit | Required Packages: ni-adcs Optional Packages: ni-adcs-labview-20xy-support libnidiagcs-devel | Automotive Diagnostic Command Set Toolkit 2022 Q4 | ||||||
| NI-DAQmx | Required Packages: ni-daqmx Optional Packages: ni-daqmx-labview-20xy-support ni-daqmx-labview-support libnidaqmx-devel | NI-DAQmx 2023 Q4 | ||||||
| NI-DCPower | Required Packages: ni-dcpower Optional Packages: ni-dcpower-daqmx ni-dcpower-labview-20xy-support ni-dcpower-labview-support ni-dcpower-devel | NI-DCPower 2023 Q4 | ||||||
| NI-DMM | Required Packages: ni-dmm Optional Packages: ni-dmm-daqmx ni-dmm-labview-20xy-support ni-dmm-labview-support ni-dmm-devel | NI-DMM 2023 Q4 | ||||||
| ECU Measurement and Calibration Toolkit | Required Packages: ni-ecumc Optional Packages: ni-ecumc-labview-20xy-support libniemcc-devel | ECU Measurement and Calibration Toolkit 2022 Q4 | ||||||
| NI-FGEN | Required Packages: ni-fgen Optional Packages: ni-fgen-daqmx ni-fgen-devel ni-fgen-labview-support ni-fgen-labview-20xy-support | NI-FGEN 2023 Q4 | ||||||
| FlexRIO | Required Packages: ni-flexrio Optional Packages: ni-flexrio-795x ni-flexrio-796x ni-flexrio-797x libniflexrioapi-devel ni-flexrio-modulario-libs-devel | FlexRIO 2023 Q4 | ||||||
| Hardware Configuration Utility | Required Packages: ni-hwcfg-utility | Hardware Configuration Utility 2023 Q4 | ||||||
| PXI Platform Services | Required Packages: ni-pxiplatformservices Optional Packages: ni-pxiplatformservices-labview-20xy-support ni-pxiplatformservices-labview-support ni-pxiplatformservices-devel | PXI Platform Services 2023 Q4 | ||||||
| NI-RIO4 | Required Packages: ni-fpga-interface Optional Packages: ni-rio-mxie | NI-RIO 2023 Q4 | ||||||
| NI R Series | Required Packages: ni-rseries | NI R Series 2023 Q4 | ||||||
| NI-RFSA | Required Packages: ni-rfsa Optional Packages: ni-rfsa-daqmx ni-rfsa-labview-20xy-support ni-rfsa-devel | NI-RFSA 2023 Q4 | ||||||
| NI-RFSG | Required Packages: ni-rfsg Optional Packages: ni-rfsg-daqmx ni-rfsg-labview-20xy-support ni-rfsg-devel | NI-RFSG 2023 Q4 | ||||||
| NI-SCOPE | Required Packages: ni-scope Optional Packages: ni-scope-daqmx ni-scope-labview-20xy-support ni-scope-labview-support ni-scope-devel | NI-SCOPE 2023 Q4 | ||||||
| NI-Serial | Required Packages: ni-serial | NI-Serial 2023 Q4 | ||||||
| NI-SWITCH | Required Packages: ni-switch Optional Packages: ni-switch-daqmx ni-switch-daqmx-config ni-switch-labview-support ni-switch-labview-20xy-examples ni-switch-devel | NI-SWITCH 2023 Q4 | ||||||
| NI-Sync | Required Packages: ni-sync Optional Packages: ni-sync-devel ni-sync-labview-20xy-support ni-sync-labview-support | NI-Sync 2023 Q4 | ||||||
| System Configuration | Required Packages: ni-syscfg-runtime Optional Packages: ni-syscfg-labview-20xy-support ni-syscfg-labview-support ni-iotrace ni-syscfg-devel | System Configuration 2023 Q4 | ||||||
| NI-VISA | Required Packages: ni-visa Optional Packages: ni-visa-labview-20xy-support ni-visa-labview-support ni-visa-devel | NI-VISA 2023 Q4 | ||||||
| NI-XNET | Required Packages: ni-xnet Optional Packages: ni-xnet-labview-20xy-support libnixnet-devel | NI-XNET 2023 Q4 |
1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 openSUSE Leap
3 Ubuntu LTS
4 Enables connections via the FPGA Interface API to remote RIO devices such as CompactRIO, Single-Board RIO, and Ethernet RIO
Fully supported
There are several categories of optional packages including:
LabVIEW support packages: These packages install the driver APIs to LV. These have the driver and 'labview' in the package name. They come in two types: version-specific LV support packages (the older style) which list a year and version-agnostic LV support packages (the newer style). Only use the version-specific LV support package when there's one that matches the version of LV that you need to use. Otherwise use the version-agnostic one.
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: NI-DCPower, NI-DMM, NI-FGEN, NI-RFSA, NI-RFSG, NI-SCOPE, and NI-SWITCH each have a few HW devices that have separate drivers built on top of DAQmx. These packages function as the top-level driver package for those particular HW models.
For additional information about supported operating systems, refer to the NI Operating System Support Roadmap.
For an introduction to using Linux with NI products see About the NI Platform on Linux