How To Install myhdl-doc on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install myhdl-doc on Ubuntu 22.04. myhdl-doc is Hardware description generating framework (common documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install myhdl-doc on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is myhdl-doc

myhdl-doc is:

MyHDL turns Python into a hardware description and verification language, providing hardware engineers with the power of the Python ecosystem.

Python can then be used as an event-driven simulator using Python decorators actively to specify what corresponds to ‘processes’ in Verilog / VHDL and thereby achieve concurrency.

This is the common documentation package containing HTML pages and the man page.

There are three methods to install myhdl-doc 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 myhdl-doc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install myhdl-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install myhdl-doc

Install myhdl-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install myhdl-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install myhdl-doc

Install myhdl-doc 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 myhdl-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install myhdl-doc

How To Uninstall myhdl-doc on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the myhdl-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove myhdl-doc

Uninstall myhdl-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall myhdl-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove myhdl-doc

Remove myhdl-doc Configurations and Data

To remove myhdl-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge myhdl-doc

Remove myhdl-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove myhdl-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge myhdl-doc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install myhdl-doc package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.