NI Package Manager on offline machine stuck on loading screen

[Joe_Guo]

still having this issue in 2023Q3 and 2024Q2 release of the package manager.  Follow @JonathanR 's method to work around it.

NI package manager should give user the choice whether to connect to NI's feeds BEFORE it does anything.  There is a reason why people needs the offline installers!

[stefanha]

I can confirm we are still facing the same issues as well.
We have integrated JonathanR's method into our automated installer by now to be able to deal with it on a larger scale.

[WesW]

Something else to try:

Package Manager 23.5 and newer supports a new configuration option, enable-NI-connectivity, that controls whether Package Manager automatically connects to ni.com. (It's basically the single "off switch" for ni.com). Set this option to false to disable features that contribute to timeout delays, especially on systems that do not connect to ni.com.  

When false: 

• The Browse Products tab is hidden 
• NI-managed feeds are disabled, automatic download of missing packages from ni.com is disabled 

The command is: 

nipkg.exe config-set nipkg.enable-NI-connectivity false 

[stefanha]

Thank you so much for the info.

This is finally the clean solution we have been looking for. Works as expected in our case.