How To Install vhd2vl on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install vhd2vl in Fedora 36. vhd2vl is VHDL to Verilog translator

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vhd2vl on Fedora 36.

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 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install vhd2vl.

Install vhd2vl on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install vhd2vl

Install vhd2vl on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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 36

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

sudo dnf remove vhd2vl

vhd2vl Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/vhd2vl
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/02
/usr/lib/.build-id/02/618f15f18d4ddd450cd6567aad074fe5c0fbb8
/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 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).