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Hi! I'm having problems when I try to install the linx package, the error details shows the next message: Main Package Name: MakerHub Toolbox v2.0.0.35 Package Name with Error: MakerHub Toolbox v2.0.0.35 Error Message: VIPM could not install the package lvh_toolbox-2.0.0.35 . Error Code: 7 Error Source: Write to Text File in Command-Line Zip.lvlib:ABDDB5E9F4D44AE0E70A4E4F8D4F491A->90BBE5FF7A35F3CE3E236F5A778C7C48->AD4791BDA0231EB30EBF129C1A98AB7B->OGPM Class.lvlib:1D42A1CCBC79EB157F4B29421C6C7648->OGPM Class.lvlib:68DD1F408D6154AB6D8715845077EEA9->FB296AD1654D68D63B7041E1F06FA55C->VIPM Main Window.vi<APPEND> /Applications/National Instruments/LabVIEW 2020 64-bit/vi.lib/MakerHub/Toolbox/LMH-Toolbox.lvlib =============== Main Package Name: Digilent LINX (Control Arduino, Raspberry Pi, BeagleBone and more) v3.0.1.192 Package Name with Error: Digilent LINX (Control Arduino, Raspberry Pi, BeagleBone and more) v3.0.1.192 Error Message: VIPM could not install the package lvh_linx-3.0.1.192 . Error Code: 7 Error Source: Write to Text File in Command-Line Zip.lvlib:ABDDB5E9F4D44AE0E70A4E4F8D4F491A->90BBE5FF7A35F3CE3E236F5A778C7C48->AD4791BDA0231EB30EBF129C1A98AB7B->OGPM Class.lvlib:1D42A1CCBC79EB157F4B29421C6C7648->OGPM Class.lvlib:68DD1F408D6154AB6D8715845077EEA9->FB296AD1654D68D63B7041E1F06FA55C->VIPM Main Window.vi<APPEND> /Applications/National Instruments/LabVIEW 2020 64-bit/vi.lib/MakerHub/LINX/LMH-LINX.lvlib =============== I have tried to download other ad-ons, but none of them have been successfully installed. Also, I have read from other entries that I should give VIPM and LabView access to all disk, but it hasn't worked. These are the steps that some users have followed and succeed, but it just doesn't work for me : https://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/Error-installing-LINX-An-internal-VIPM-2020-3-build-2540-Error/td-p/4139893?profile.language=es

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From the VIPM 2017 release notes: The only solution to this is to upgrade to VIPM 2017 if you want to install any packages built in that version. The problem here is that VIPM 2017 does not exist for Mac or Linux. In fact, version 2014 is the latest available download for those platforms. This means that any new package built with Windows cannot be installed on any non-Windows systems, effectively eliminating VIPM support for Mac and Linux. If you use VIPM on Mac or Linux, you may want to hold off on upgrading to LabVIEW 2017 until this gets resolved.

It looks like VIPM 2017 is included with LabVIEW 2017, but it is not yet available for download on https://vipm.jki.net/download. This would normally be fine, except I noticed in the release notes that packages built with VIPM 2017 cannot be installed with older versions. This is a potential problem because anybody who has installed LabVIEW 2017 cannot currently distribute their newly built packages to people who are still using older versions of LabVIEW, since they have no way of getting their hands on VIPM 2017. Also, can anyone confirm that there will be Mac and Linux versions of VIPM 2017? If not, that will be a big problem for those of us who build packages on Windows then need to install them on other OSs.