September 2019
This file contains important information about LabVIEW 2019 Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Linux, including system requirements, installation instructions, known issues, and a partial list of bugs fixed for LabVIEW 2019 SP1.
Refer to the NI website for the latest information about LabVIEW.
Refer to the labview/readme directory for readme files about LabVIEW add-ons, such as modules and toolkits.
Product Security and Critical Updates
Supported Modules and Toolkits
LabVIEW 2019 SP1 for Linux has the following requirements:
| Linux | Run-Time Engine | Development Environment |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Pentium 4 G1 (or equivalent) or later | Pentium 4 G1 (or equivalent) or later |
| RAM | 256 MB | 1 GB |
| Screen Resolution | 1024 x 768 pixels | 1024 x 768 pixels |
| Operating System | Linux kernel 2.6x or 3.x GNU C Library (glibc) Version 2.11 or later for the Intel x86_64 architecture | openSUSE Leap 42.3 openSUSE Leap 15.0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 CentOS 7 CentOS 8 |
| Disk Space | 98 MB | 1.1 GB for the complete installation |
| Color Palette | N/A | LabVIEW and the LabVIEW Help contain 16-bit color graphics. LabVIEW requires a minimum color palette setting of 16-bit color. |
| Temporary Files Directory | N/A | LabVIEW uses a directory for storing temporary files. NI recommends that you have several megabytes of disk space available for this temporary directory. |
| Adobe Reader | N/A | You must have Adobe Reader installed to search PDF versions of all LabVIEW manuals. |
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Complete the following steps to install and activate LabVIEW for Linux.
Insert and mount the LabVIEW installation media. As the root user in the mounted directory, enter sh ./INSTALL to install LabVIEW in the /usr/local directory.
To install LabVIEW modules and toolkits, refer to the readme of each product for installation instructions. The VI Analyzer Toolkits installs with the LabVIEW Professional Development System for Linux.
You can install NI device drivers from ni.com/linuxdrivers.
Refer to the LabVIEW Upgrade Notes for information about protecting existing VIs and projects before installing a new version of LabVIEW, as well as upgrade and compatibility issues and a complete list of new features in LabVIEW 2019.
Note If you purchased this product with an NI Software Suite or NI Product Bundle, use the installation media that shipped with your purchase to install this product.
Complete the following steps to install a patch on computers with LabVIEW 2019 SP1. Replace f# with the specific patch you are installing.
You can access a list of issues fixed for LabVIEW 2019 SP1 on the LabVIEW 2019 SP1 Patch Details page.
Visit ni.com/security for security information about NI products. Visit ni.com/critical-updates for information about critical updates from NI.
LabVIEW 2019 SP1 for Linux supports the following modules and toolkits.
1 The Control Design and Simulation Module does not support the System Identification VIs, System Identification Assistant, and Control Design Assistant.
2 The MathScript Module does not support the libraries class of MathScript Module functions.
3 The VI Analyzer Toolkit and Application Builder install with the LabVIEW Professional Development System. For the LabVIEW Full Development System, you can purchase and install the VI Analyzer Toolkit and Application Builder with their own separate media.
Refer to the readme of each product for more information about system requirements, installation instructions, and activation.
Refer to the NI website for information about drivers compatible with LabVIEW for Linux. To use hardware with LabVIEW 2019 SP1, install the latest version of the driver for the device. Refer to the readme of each driver for more information about system requirements and installation instructions.
You can access the software and documentation known issues list online. Visit ni.com/info and enter the Info Code lv2019ki for an up-to-date list of known issues in LabVIEW 2019 and LabVIEW 2019 SP1.
The following items are the IDs and titles of a subset of issues fixed in LabVIEW 2019 SP1. This is not an exhaustive list of issues fixed in the current version of LabVIEW. If you have a CAR ID, you can search this list to validate the issue has been fixed.
| ID | Fixed Issue |
|---|---|
| 742093 | Maps containing classes cause LabVIEW to crash while probing. |
| 741834 | The Compare VI Hierarchies will delete folder named C:\\temp when saving a Microsoft Word report. |
| 741225 | LabVIEW crashes when trying to autoindex a Map. |
| 740616 | LabVIEW hangs when double-clicking a recursive dynamic dispatch VI in the Choose Implementation diagram preview. |
| 739464 | Prompt User for Input Express VI only shows the message to display option. |
| 739174 | Error Case structures only designed to handle Error 1 incorrectly handle all errors in error case. |
| 738672 | Change To Array and Change To Scalar do not work for elements inside a set or map constant. |
| 738587 | Source distribution that would previously fail because of missing commented-out dependencies will now succeed with warnings. |
| 736445 | The select function always gives outputs false if nothing is in a While Loop. |
| 735521 | Implicit Value (Signaling) Property node does not change type definitions correctly. |
| 733737 | CPU Load raises 20% when a front panel with custom style element is shown. |
| 727397 | Replacing nodes with Malleable VIs connects wires to unused terminals. |
| 726223 | Build Errors when building Malleable VIs into an EXE. |
| 723686 | Disabled structures within VIMs are not included in PPL builds, as expected, but the files within these structures are referenced in debugging mode. |
| 686080 | Replacing ActorFramework.lvlib with a packed project library causes LabVIEW crash. |
| 678300 | Shared/preallocated subVI clones can become locked when called from another VI at the same time. |
| 603576 | Channels carrying typedefs/classes create crosslinks when users duplicate projects. |
| 245148 | Class Properties dialog sometimes throws timeout error 123 when opening and must be restarted. |
Refer to the LabVIEW Help, accessible by selecting Help»LabVIEW Help from LabVIEW, for information about LabVIEW 2019 SP1.
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