How To Install opensta on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install opensta on Debian 12.
What is opensta
opensta is:
After synthesis, place and route of a digital circuit, it is necessary to verify the timing of the design. OpenSTA is a tool for doing exactly that. It has a Tcl interface for entering commands for analysing designs.
It typically takes as input a verilog netlist, a liberty file, and other parasitics information from the placed and routed design.
There are three methods to install opensta on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install opensta Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install opensta using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install opensta
Install opensta Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install opensta using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install opensta
Install opensta 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install opensta using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install opensta
How To Uninstall opensta on Debian 12
To uninstall only the opensta package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove opensta
Uninstall opensta And Its Dependencies
To uninstall opensta and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove opensta
Remove opensta Configurations and Data
To remove opensta configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge opensta
Remove opensta configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove opensta configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge opensta
Dependencies
opensta have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install opensta package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
