How To Install nextpnr-ice40 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nextpnr-ice40
on Kali Linux.
What is nextpnr-ice40
nextpnr-ice40 is:
nextpnr aims to be a vendor neutral, timing driven, FOSS FPGA place and route tool.
nextpnr-ice40 is to be used for Lattice iCE40 FPGAs and uses fpga-icestorm to achieve that.
This package can perform place-and-route for Lattice iCE40 devices and contains only the command-line functionality. For the QT GUI, see nextpnr-ice40-qt.
There are three methods to install nextpnr-ice40
on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install nextpnr-ice40 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nextpnr-ice40
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nextpnr-ice40
Install nextpnr-ice40 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nextpnr-ice40
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nextpnr-ice40
Install nextpnr-ice40 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install nextpnr-ice40
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nextpnr-ice40
How To Uninstall nextpnr-ice40 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the nextpnr-ice40
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nextpnr-ice40
Uninstall nextpnr-ice40 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nextpnr-ice40
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nextpnr-ice40
Remove nextpnr-ice40 Configurations and Data
To remove nextpnr-ice40
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nextpnr-ice40
Remove nextpnr-ice40 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nextpnr-ice40
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nextpnr-ice40
Dependencies
nextpnr-ice40 have the following dependencies:
- libboost-filesystem1.74.0
- libboost-program-options1.74.0
- libboost-thread1.74.0
- libc6
- libgcc-s1
- libpython3.9
- libstdc++6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nextpnr-ice40
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.