GPIB USB drivers for linux ubuntu 14.04

[etortorici]

Hello,

I am trying to communicate via USB through the NI GPIB-USB-HS to some devices with my laptop running Ubuntu 14.04. I cannot seem to get the drivers to work. I am trying to install Linux-GPIB-3.2.21, but I get some  interesting errors. I ran:

sudo ./configure

and that worked fine. Then:

sudo bash Makefile

then get the following error:

Makefile: line 26: am__is_gnu_make: command not found
Makefile: line 29: syntax error near unexpected token `)'
Makefile: line 29: `      ?) ;; \'

When I try to run:

sudo bash INSTALL

I get:

INSTALL: line 2: Installing: command not found
INSTALL: line 3: --------------------------------------------------------------------: command not found
INSTALL: line 5: syntax error near unexpected token `)'
INSTALL: line 5: `A) First steps:'

When I type lsusb, I see:

Bus 001 Device 006: ID 3923:709b National Instruments Corp. GPIB-USB-HS

But when I type:

ls /dev

I don't see the serialport. (the contents have the same length wether or not the USB is plugged in).

Thanks in advanced

[JasonSmith]

This is not a National Instruments driver, so we really are unable to provide support for it. You may want to try the Linux-GPIB mailing list to see if anyone there can help.

[metux]

Funny that an HW vendor that claims Linux support can't even support the standard mainline infrastructure, just their own homebrewn and practically useless proprietary blobs.

Just remember: binary drivers never work reliably - nothing but Russian Roulette.

Totally useless, just a waste of time.