How To Install yosys-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install yosys-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is yosys-dev
yosys-dev is:
Yosys is a framework for Verilog RTL synthesis. It currently has extensive Verilog-2005 support and provides a basic set of synthesis algorithms for various application domains.
Yosys can be adapted to perform any synthesis job by combining the existing passes (algorithms) using synthesis scripts and adding additional passes as needed by extending the yosys C++ code base.
This package contains the headers and programs needed to build yosys plugins.
There are three methods to install yosys-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install yosys-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install yosys-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install yosys-dev
Install yosys-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install yosys-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install yosys-dev
Install yosys-dev 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 yosys-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install yosys-dev
How To Uninstall yosys-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the yosys-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove yosys-dev
Uninstall yosys-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall yosys-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove yosys-dev
Remove yosys-dev Configurations and Data
To remove yosys-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge yosys-dev
Remove yosys-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove yosys-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yosys-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install yosys-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
