No, you don't need RPM. The LabVIEW 7.1 install script works better on non-redhat systems (including gentoo).
LabVIEW 7.0 comes with utilities that should install on non-rpm systems too. The "INSTALL" script can detect (but doesn't not work for all distros in 7.0) that you don't have an RPM system and then use the executable in the "bin" directory to pull the files out of the .rpm files for you. What happens when you run "sh ./INSTALL?" Make sure you don't have an executable called "rpm" in your path. And, if you edit INSTALL and change the first occurance of: NORPM= to NORPM=y the install script should work for you. David Duffey
