LabVIEW in Linux OS

[ArunSP]

I have a LabVIEW project pprogrammed in LabVIEW for windows OS. Now I wanna move it to Linux. Any porting required when we move across different OS? . Whats the procedure?

Hope not much differences in Labview programming when it comes to Linux? Is there any evaluation version of LabVIEW for Linux before we purchasing license for it?

[Ton Plomp]

If you don't use native Windows code (.Net, ActiveX) you can easily port your code to Linux.

Few things to mind:

• DLL, if you have a DLL, and you have a compatible .so file you should configure the calling to use foo.* instead of foo.dll. Just place them in the same folder and the transition should be smooth.
  
• Path seperators. On Linux (and Mac) there is a different path seperator (/ instead of \), if you use the build path and strip path functions there should be no problem.
  

I think that if you contact your local NI office you will be able to have an evaluation version of LabVIEW for Linux.

Ton

[Adam Kemp]

Ton got the most important things to watch out for (DLLs and path formatting), but here are a few more: locations (i.e., there is no Documents and Settings, Program Files, etc.), permissions (you can't modify most files outside the user's home directory or /tmp), missing features (there are some features not supported in Linux, like Timed Loops and RT or variable hosting). Those are probably the more common porting issues.

[Yair]

It should also be pointed out that not all toolkits and modules are supported in Linux.