How To Install nextpnr-ice40 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nextpnr-ice40 on Ubuntu 22.04.
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 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 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 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 nextpnr-ice40 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nextpnr-ice40
How To Uninstall nextpnr-ice40 on Ubuntu 22.04
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 Ubuntu 22.04, 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 Ubuntu 22.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nextpnr-ice40 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
