Well, it's the second time I need to write this post, because after some hours of writing the original one https://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/Need-help-understandig-NI-linux-repositories/td-p/4411692 seems like someone has deleted it out of the blue for no apparent reason. I value my time so at least I would expect a reason onto why it has been deleted as it was properly written and a legit doubt about linux runtime engine installation. Who knows.
So as I didn't made a backup the first time I will start again trying to simplify it as much as possible.
- When you want to install runtime engine for labview you go to the official web, select the OS (in this case linux) and the year and that's it.
- It downloads a zip file, inside it there are some linux install files (.deb and .rpm). I install the one that belongs to my linux distribution and I thought that that.
- But no, in fact it installs a linux repository: https://download.ni.com/ni-linux-desktop/LabVIEW/2024/Q3/f1/pro/rpm/ni-labview-2024/lp155
- From that repository you can install labview runtime engine, but it's for a outdated linux version (lp155).
- Also it's like a "hidden" repository, since inside https://download.ni.com/ni-linux-desktop/ there is no LabVIEW folder, but browsing the actual public folders you can find things like: https://download.ni.com/#ni-linux-desktop/2024/Q4/rpm/ni/lp156/ that are for the up to date version (lp156)
- The final point is that even I can manually download a runtime engine file from there, I can't add the repository to my system since it doesn't have valid metadata
So my questions are:
- There is a linux lp156 version of the runtime engine repository that I can't find in the "official" folders because they are hidden?
- Are the public lp156 repositories like this or this intended to be used? Why I can't add them? It's a me problem or a general problem?
- Are the runtime engines inside the lp156 repositories stable and intended to be used?
- Is using the "official" runtime engine designed for lp155 into lp156 actually asking for trouble or it should work just as fine?
Thanks for your time
PD: If this post annoys someone, please, instead of simply silently deleting it notify me what's the actual issue with it and let me know how can I get my help. Thanks.