How To Install fpga-icestorm-chipdb on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fpga-icestorm-chipdb
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is fpga-icestorm-chipdb
fpga-icestorm-chipdb is:
Project IceStorm aims at documenting the bitstream format of Lattice iCE40 FPGAs and providing simple tools for analyzing and creating bitstream files.
The focus of the project is on the iCE40 LP/HX 1K/4K/8K chips. The iCE40 UltraPlus parts are also supported, including DSPs, oscillators, RGB and SPRAM. iCE40 LM, Ultra and UltraLite parts are not yet supported.
This package contains the chip database files for fpga-icestorm.
There are three methods to install fpga-icestorm-chipdb
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install fpga-icestorm-chipdb Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fpga-icestorm-chipdb
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fpga-icestorm-chipdb
Install fpga-icestorm-chipdb Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fpga-icestorm-chipdb
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fpga-icestorm-chipdb
Install fpga-icestorm-chipdb Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install fpga-icestorm-chipdb
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fpga-icestorm-chipdb
How To Uninstall fpga-icestorm-chipdb on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the fpga-icestorm-chipdb
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fpga-icestorm-chipdb
Uninstall fpga-icestorm-chipdb And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fpga-icestorm-chipdb
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fpga-icestorm-chipdb
Remove fpga-icestorm-chipdb Configurations and Data
To remove fpga-icestorm-chipdb
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fpga-icestorm-chipdb
Remove fpga-icestorm-chipdb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fpga-icestorm-chipdb
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fpga-icestorm-chipdb
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fpga-icestorm-chipdb
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.