How To Install covered-doc on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install covered-doc on Ubuntu 20.04. covered-doc is Verilog code coverage analysis tool - documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install covered-doc on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is covered-doc

covered-doc is:

Covered is a Verilog code coverage utility that reads in a Verilog design and a generated VCD/LXT dumpfile from that design and generates a coverage file that can be merged with other coverage files or used to create a coverage report. Covered also contains the GUI coverage report utility that reads in a coverage file to allow interactive coverage discovery. Areas of coverage measured by Covered are: line, toggle, memory, combinational logic, FSM state/state-transition and assertion coverage.

This package contains the documentation.

There are three methods to install covered-doc on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install covered-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install covered-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install covered-doc

Install covered-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install covered-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install covered-doc

Install covered-doc 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 covered-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install covered-doc

How To Uninstall covered-doc on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the covered-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove covered-doc

Uninstall covered-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall covered-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove covered-doc

Remove covered-doc Configurations and Data

To remove covered-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge covered-doc

Remove covered-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove covered-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge covered-doc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install covered-doc package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.