LabView 8 for Linux application distribution

I have build an application for Linux using labview application builder.
I now have a app.o file, but the application builder does not create a distribution package (unlike the windows application builder where it creates a data.cab that contains the application and runtime engine parts).
How do I distribute the runtime engine components (or know what they are and where they are)?
How do I tell an end-user how to install my program and the runtime engine?
Note: This application does not interface any hardware. It reads a file using the command line and writes another file.

If the built application does not use any NI drivers, or NI-VISA then the only other component you will need is the LabVIEW Run-time Engine. You can download the version of the LabVIEW RTE that matches the version you built the application with from our download site http://joule.ni.com/nidu/cds/fn/p/sn/n17:runtime,n19:Linux,n23:4/lang/en.
To install your application on another machine you should only need to install the LabVIEW RTE rpm(s) using rpm.:
rpm -Uvh *.rpm
Then copy your binary file your built with the application builder to the new machine and run it.
Shawn Bohrer
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