Tuesday 1 September 2015

ISE & SDK on Ubuntu


  1. ISE / Vivado setup (64 bit OS)
    • Install ISE/Vivado......... sudo ./xsetup
    • bash /Xilinx//ISE_DS/settings64.sh 
    • PATH=$PATH:/Xilinx//ISE_DS/ISE/bin/lin64/
    • ise
  2. SDK Setup
    • Install SDK......... sudo ./xsetup
    • sudo apt-get install lib32z1 lib32ncurses5 (install ia32-libs)
    • source /Xilinx//SDK/settings64.sh 
    • PATH=$PATH:/Xilinx//SDK/SDK/bin/lin64/
    • Check CodeSourcery and see if arm-xilinx-eabi-* installed or not. If not installed, the same can be installed from .bin located in installer. Set appropriate PATH to bin folder and start SDK. 
    • xsdk
  3. To install usb drivers  
    • sudo apt-get install gitk git-gui libusb-dev build-essential libc6-dev-i386 fxload (Not required in most cases)
    • cd //Xilinx//ISE_DS/common/bin/lin64/ digilent
    • sudo ./install_digilent.sh (Accept default paths)
    • Restart udev........./etc/init.d/udev restart