NI Linux Device Drivers 2023 Q1 Readme

January 2023

This file contains installation instructions and compatibility information for NI Linux Device Drivers 2023 Q1.

You can find more release information on ni.com.


New Features

Installation Instructions

Package Repositories

Supported Drivers

Product Security and Critical Updates


Overview

NI Linux Device Drivers software provides Linux Desktop support for a variety of NI test and measurement hardware. It offers repository registration packages for each supported Linux distribution. Once the appropriate driver software repository is registered for the system, use the Linux distribution's native package manager to install NI driver software packages.

New Features

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 support for NI-DMM, NI-FGEN, FlexRIO, NI-SCOPE, NI-SWITCH, and NI-Sync
  • openSUSE 15.3 and openSUSE 15.4 support for NI-DMM, NI-FGEN, FlexRIO, NI-SCOPE, and NI-SWITCH
  • Ubuntu 22.04 support for NI-DCPower, NI-DMM, NI-FGEN, FlexRIO, NI-SCOPE, and NI-SWITCH
  • LV Host Interface API for FlexRIO, Rseries, cRIO, and RIO

Installation Instructions

Refer to Download and Install NI Driver Software on Linux Desktop.

Package Repositories

NI Linux Device Drivers are installed from one of the following two options.

  • Static repository registration packages are labeled with a date-based suffix, such as ni-rhel8-drivers-2023Q1. Software from this repository is not intended to change, and it is updated only for critical patches. Use this kind of repository when you need to reproduce a specific software stack.
  • Stream repository registration packages are labeled with a -stream suffix, for example: ni-rhel8-drivers-stream. Software in this repository is updated regularly with the latest versions of each driver package as it is released. Running an update/upgrade command with a package manager will update installed NI packages to their latest released version for systems that have registered a stream repository. This kind of repository is the simplest way to keep NI driver software up to date.

Firstlook is present in some repository registration package names, for example ni-ubuntu2204firstlook-drivers-2023Q1.deb. Firstlook identifies a newer repository that is now in an introductory roll-out phase as NI steadily adds and validates individual drivers over the course of multiple releases. Although not yet comprehensive, support for these repositories is progressing to the same level to that of other distributions.

If you plan to upgrade to a new distribution and you see "firstlook" in its NI repository registration package name, refer to the Supported Drivers table to ensure that the NI products you need support the new distribution.

Supported Drivers

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.

NI Driver Support for Linux Distributions
Driver Packages RHEL18 RHEL1 9 openSUSE2 15.3 openSUSE2 15.4 Ubuntu3 20.04 Ubuntu3 22.04 Driver
Release Notes
Tested Kernel 4.18 5.14 5.3 5.14 5.13 5.13  
NI-488.2 ni-488.2
libni4882-devel
ni-488.2-iotrace-support
 
 
 
 
 
 
NI-488.2 2022 Q4
Automotive Diagnostic
Command Set Toolkit
ni-adcs
ni-adcs-labview-20xy-support
libnidiagcs-devel
 
 
 
 
 
 
Automotive Diagnostic Command Set Toolkit 2022 Q4
NI-DAQmx ni-daqmx
ni-daqmx-labview-20xy-support
ni-daqmx-labview-support
libnidaqmx-devel
 
 
 
 
 
 
NI-DAQmx 2023 Q1
NI-DCPower ni-dcpower
ni-dcpower-daqmx
ni-dcpower-labview-20xy-support
ni-dcpower-labview-support
ni-dcpower-devel
 
 
 
 
 
 
NI-DCPower 2023 Q1
NI-DMM ni-dmm
ni-dmm-daqmx
ni-dmm-labview-20xy-support
ni-dmm-labview-support
ni-dmm-devel
 
 
 
 
 
 
NI-DMM 2023 Q1
ECU Measurement and
Calibration Toolkit
ni-ecumc
ni-ecumc-labview-20xy-support
libniemcc-devel
 
 
 
 
 
 
ECU Measurement and Calibration Toolkit 2022 Q4
NI-FGEN ni-fgen
ni-fgen-daqmx
ni-fgen-devel
ni-fgen-labview-support
ni-fgen-labview-20xy-support
 
 
 
 
 
 
NI-FGEN 2023 Q1
FlexRIO ni-flexrio
ni-flexrio-795x
ni-flexrio-796x
ni-flexrio-797x
libniflexrioapi-devel
ni-flexrio-modulario-libs-devel
 
 
 
 
 
 
FlexRIO 2023 Q1
Hardware Configuration
Utility
ni-hwcfg-utility
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hardware Configuration Utility 2022 Q4
PXI Platform
Services
ni-pxiplatformservices
ni-pxiplatformservices-labview-20xy-support
ni-pxiplatformservices-labview-support
ni-pxiplatformservices-devel
 
 
 
 
 
 
PXI Platform Services 2023 Q1
NI-RIO5 ni-fpga-interface
ni-rio-mxie
 
 
 
 
 
 
NI-RIO 2023 Q1
NI R Series ni-rseries
 
 
 
 
 
 
NI R Series 2023 Q1
NI-RFSA ni-rfsa
ni-rfsa-daqmx
ni-rfsa-labview-20xy-support
ni-rfsa-devel
 
 
 
 
 
 
NI-RFSA 2023 Q1
NI-RFSG ni-rfsg
ni-rfsg-daqmx
ni-rfsg-labview-20xy-support
ni-rfsg-devel
 
 
 
 
 
 
NI-RFSG 2023 Q1
NI-SCOPE ni-scope
ni-scope-daqmx
ni-scope-labview-20xy-support
ni-scope-labview-support
ni-scope-devel
 
 
 
 
 
 
NI-SCOPE 2023 Q1
NI-Serial ni-serial
 
 
 
 
 
 
NI-Serial 21.5
NI-SWITCH ni-switch
ni-switch-daqmx
ni-switch-daqmx-config
ni-switch-labview-support4
ni-switch-labview-20xy-examples4
ni-switch-devel
 
 
 
 
 
 
NI-SWITCH 2023 Q1
NI-Sync ni-sync
ni-sync-devel
ni-sync-labview-20xy-support
ni-sync-labview-support
 
 
 
 
 
 
NI-Sync 2023 Q1
System
Configuration
ni-syscfg-runtime
ni-syscfg-labview-20xy-support
ni-syscfg-labview-support
ni-iotrace
ni-syscfg-devel
 
 
 
 
 
 
System Configuration 2022 Q3
NI-VISA ni-visa
ni-visa-labview-20xy-support
ni-visa-labview-support
ni-visa-devel
 
 
 
 
 
 
NI-VISA 2022 Q3
NI-XNET ni-xnet
ni-xnet-labview-20xy-support
libnixnet-devel
 
 
 
 
 
 
NI-XNET 2023 Q1

1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 openSUSE Leap
3 Ubuntu LTS
4 LabVIEW support is not available on Ubuntu distributions for current versions of NI-SWITCH
5 Enables connections via the FPGA Interface API to remote RIO devices such as CompactRIO, Single-Board RIO, and Ethernet RIO

For additional information about supported operating systems, refer to the NI Operating System Support Roadmap.

Product Security and Critical Updates

Visit ni.com/security to view and subscribe to receive security notifications about NI products. For information about critical updates from NI, refer to Available Critical and Security Updates for NI Software.