DAQmx on Debian

First off, I am not using LabView.
I am running Debian 3.1 (sarge) on kernel 2.4.20.
I downloaded the DAQmx base from NI's site, and tried to install it. I had to convert each individual RPM to a .deb using alien, then install the .deb's using dpkg.
However, I cannot get the examples to build. I get the following error.
user:/usr/local/natinst/nidaqmxbase/examples/ai$ make
gcc -I../../include -O2 acquireNScans.c -lnidaqmxbase -lnidaqmxbaselv -llvrtdark -o acquireNScans
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lnidaqmxbase
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [acquireNScans] Error 1
I would really prefer to use Comedi, but I don't think there are drivers for the card I am using (PCI-6143).
Does anyone have experience trying to get this card to work with either DAQmx base or Comedi?

Here's what I found from the README for DAQmx Base 1.4 for Linux.
SUPPORTED PLATFORMS (Minimum System)
x86 System
256 MB Memory
300 MB Disk Space
Kernel versions 2.4.* only on the following distributions:
Red Hat 7.2 or later
SuSE 8.0 or later
This installer has been tested on the following systems:
SuSE 8.0 default install (kernel 2.4.18-4gb, gcc 2.95.3)
SuSE 8.0 default install (kernel 2.4.21-99, gcc 2.95.3)
SuSE 9.0 default install (kernel 2.4.21-99, gcc 3.3.1)
Red Hat 7.3 (kernel 2.4.20-28.7, gcc 2.96)
Red Hat 9.0 (kernel 2.4.20-8, gcc 3.2.2-5)
We do not currently support use of DAQmx Base in Debian systems.
However, you might want to check out a places such as Comedi, who could write the scripts for you.
Otis
Training and Certification
Product Support Engineer
National Instruments

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