Removing LabVIEW and NI Drivers on OpenSUSE Linux

Updated Sep 2, 2026

Environment

Operating System

  • Linux

This article explains how to remove LabVIEW and other NI software installed on an openSUSE system by identifying the NI repositories, listing the packages installed from those repositories, and removing the corresponding packages using the zypper package manager.
 

1. Run the following command to display all configured repositories and their aliases:

  • sudo zypper lr

2. Identify the repository aliases that correspond to the NI software installed on the system.

 

3. Run the following command to display all installed packages associated with a specific repository:

  • echo -e $(zypper search -ir <repo-alias> | awk -F'|' '{print $2}')
    • Where <repo-alias> is the alias of the NI repository identified in Step 2.
    • This command prints all installed packages associated with the specified repository on a single line.

4. Select and copy all packages displayed by the command.

5. Remove the packages by running the following command and appending the copied package list:

  • sudo zypper remove <package1> <package2> <package3> ...
    • Paste all previously copied package names at the end of the command and execute it to begin the uninstallation process.

6. Verify that the packages have been removed by running:

  • sudo zypper search -ir <repo-alias>

7. Repeat Steps 3 through 6 for each NI repository installed on the system.

After completing these steps, the packages associated with the selected NI repositories should be removed from the openSUSE system.

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