How To Install arachne-pnr-chipdb on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install arachne-pnr-chipdb on Kali Linux.

What is arachne-pnr-chipdb

arachne-pnr-chipdb is:

Arachne-pnr implements the place and route step of the hardware compilation process for FPGAs. It accepts as input a technology-mapped netlist in BLIF format, as output by the Yosys synthesis suite for example. It currently targets the Lattice Semiconductor iCE40 family of FPGAs. Its output is a textual bitstream representation for assembly by the IceStorm icepack command. The output of icepack is a binary bitstream which can be uploaded to a hardware device.

This package contains the binary versions of the chipdb files needed by arachne-pnr

There are three methods to install arachne-pnr-chipdb on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install arachne-pnr-chipdb Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install arachne-pnr-chipdb using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install arachne-pnr-chipdb

Install arachne-pnr-chipdb Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install arachne-pnr-chipdb using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install arachne-pnr-chipdb

Install arachne-pnr-chipdb Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install arachne-pnr-chipdb using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install arachne-pnr-chipdb

How To Uninstall arachne-pnr-chipdb on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the arachne-pnr-chipdb package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove arachne-pnr-chipdb

Uninstall arachne-pnr-chipdb And Its Dependencies

To uninstall arachne-pnr-chipdb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove arachne-pnr-chipdb

Remove arachne-pnr-chipdb Configurations and Data

To remove arachne-pnr-chipdb configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge arachne-pnr-chipdb

Remove arachne-pnr-chipdb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove arachne-pnr-chipdb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge arachne-pnr-chipdb

Dependencies

arachne-pnr-chipdb have the following dependencies:

References

• arachne-pnr-chipdb website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install arachne-pnr-chipdb package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.