How To Install nextpnr on Fedora 34
nextpnr is FPGA place and route tool
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nextpnr on Fedora 34.
What is nextpnr
nextpnr aims to be a vendor neutral, timing driven, FOSS FPGA place and route tool.
We can use yum or dnf to install nextpnr on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nextpnr.
Install nextpnr on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install nextpnr using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install nextpnr
Install nextpnr on Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install nextpnr using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install nextpnr
How To Uninstall nextpnr on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the nextpnr package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove nextpnr
nextpnr Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/nextpnr-ecp5
/usr/bin/nextpnr-generic
/usr/bin/nextpnr-ice40
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/47
/usr/lib/.build-id/47/1e5487e146d9f5106808d9f49bcb97731e724e
/usr/lib/.build-id/94
/usr/lib/.build-id/94/eea901a6943fcecbcc19669f12e407b24a8dac
/usr/lib/.build-id/db
/usr/lib/.build-id/db/56fb4ace1f25fab868a67e584d431612b7af6b
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/README.md
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/docs
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/docs/archapi.md
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/docs/coding.md
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/docs/constraints.md
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/docs/faq.md
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/docs/generic.md
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/docs/ice40.md
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/docs/netlist.md
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/docs/nexus.md
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/docs/python.md
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/examples
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/examples/ice40
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/examples/ice40/blinky
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/examples/ice40/blinky/blinky.pcf
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/examples/ice40/blinky/blinky.proj
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/examples/ice40/blinky/blinky.sh
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/examples/ice40/blinky/blinky.v
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/examples/ice40/blinky/blinky.ys
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/examples/ice40/blinky/blinky_tb.v
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/examples/ice40/floorplan
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/examples/ice40/floorplan/.gitignore
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/examples/ice40/floorplan/floorplan.py
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/examples/ice40/floorplan/floorplan.sh
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/examples/ice40/floorplan/floorplan.v
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/examples/ice40/floorplan/icebreaker.pcf
/usr/share/licenses/nextpnr
/usr/share/licenses/nextpnr/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/nextpnr/LICENSE-imgui.txt
/usr/share/licenses/nextpnr/LICENSE-python-console.txt
/usr/share/licenses/nextpnr/LICENSE-qtimgui.txt
/usr/bin/nextpnr-ecp5
/usr/bin/nextpnr-generic
/usr/bin/nextpnr-ice40
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/68
/usr/lib/.build-id/68/f6421b6c4e28f0fc9c286abcf5f158b16426b2
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5/1ba544db7da33bec6cba1d8281b266214f040f
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4/8c2af4bb7b0b4cb107919e94761b1d7a737296
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/README.md
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/docs
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/docs/archapi.md
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/docs/coding.md
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/docs/constraints.md
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/docs/faq.md
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/docs/generic.md
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/docs/ice40.md
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/docs/netlist.md
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/docs/nexus.md
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/docs/python.md
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/examples
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/examples/ice40
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/examples/ice40/blinky
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/examples/ice40/blinky/blinky.pcf
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/examples/ice40/blinky/blinky.proj
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/examples/ice40/blinky/blinky.sh
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/examples/ice40/blinky/blinky.v
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/examples/ice40/blinky/blinky.ys
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/examples/ice40/blinky/blinky_tb.v
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/examples/ice40/floorplan
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/examples/ice40/floorplan/.gitignore
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/examples/ice40/floorplan/floorplan.py
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/examples/ice40/floorplan/floorplan.sh
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/examples/ice40/floorplan/floorplan.v
/usr/share/doc/nextpnr/examples/ice40/floorplan/icebreaker.pcf
/usr/share/licenses/nextpnr
/usr/share/licenses/nextpnr/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/nextpnr/LICENSE-imgui.txt
/usr/share/licenses/nextpnr/LICENSE-python-console.txt
/usr/share/licenses/nextpnr/LICENSE-qtimgui.txt
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nextpnr on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.
