How To Install vhd2vl on Fedora 34

vhd2vl is VHDL to Verilog translator

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vhd2vl on Fedora 34.

What is vhd2vl

vhd2vl is a VHDL to Verilog translation program. It targets the translation of synthetisable RTL. While far from complete it supports a useful subset of VHDL, sufficient for complex designs.

We can use yum or dnf to install vhd2vl on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install vhd2vl.

Install vhd2vl on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install vhd2vl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install vhd2vl

Install vhd2vl on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install vhd2vl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install vhd2vl

How To Uninstall vhd2vl on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the vhd2vl package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove vhd2vl

vhd2vl Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/vhd2vl
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d/57a370fad8c31d5289ec4886732a8f46a77483
/usr/share/doc/vhd2vl
/usr/share/doc/vhd2vl/README.txt
/usr/share/doc/vhd2vl/changes
/usr/share/doc/vhd2vl/examples
/usr/share/doc/vhd2vl/examples/based.vhd
/usr/share/doc/vhd2vl/examples/bigfile.vhd
/usr/share/doc/vhd2vl/examples/clk.vhd
/usr/share/doc/vhd2vl/examples/counters.vhd
/usr/share/doc/vhd2vl/examples/expr.vhd
/usr/share/doc/vhd2vl/examples/for.vhd
/usr/share/doc/vhd2vl/examples/generate.vhd
/usr/share/doc/vhd2vl/examples/generic.vhd
/usr/share/doc/vhd2vl/examples/genericmap.vhd
/usr/share/doc/vhd2vl/examples/gh_fifo_async16_sr.vhd
/usr/share/doc/vhd2vl/examples/ifchain.vhd
/usr/share/doc/vhd2vl/examples/test.vhd
/usr/share/doc/vhd2vl/translated_examples
/usr/share/doc/vhd2vl/translated_examples/based.v
/usr/share/doc/vhd2vl/translated_examples/bigfile.v
/usr/share/doc/vhd2vl/translated_examples/clk.v
/usr/share/doc/vhd2vl/translated_examples/counters.v
/usr/share/doc/vhd2vl/translated_examples/expr.v
/usr/share/doc/vhd2vl/translated_examples/for.v
/usr/share/doc/vhd2vl/translated_examples/generate.v
/usr/share/doc/vhd2vl/translated_examples/generic.v
/usr/share/doc/vhd2vl/translated_examples/genericmap.v
/usr/share/doc/vhd2vl/translated_examples/gh_fifo_async16_sr.v
/usr/share/doc/vhd2vl/translated_examples/ifchain.v
/usr/share/doc/vhd2vl/translated_examples/test.v
/usr/share/licenses/vhd2vl
/usr/share/licenses/vhd2vl/GPLv2.txt

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vhd2vl on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.