How To Install fpga-icestorm-chipdb on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fpga-icestorm-chipdb on Kali Linux.

What is fpga-icestorm-chipdb

fpga-icestorm-chipdb is:

Project IceStorm aims at documenting the bitstream format of Lattice iCE40 FPGAs and providing simple tools for analyzing and creating bitstream files. At the moment the focus of the project is on the HX1K-TQ144 and HX8K-CT256 devices, but most of the information is device-independent.

This package contains the chip database files for fpga-icestorm.

There are three methods to install fpga-icestorm-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 fpga-icestorm-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 fpga-icestorm-chipdb using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fpga-icestorm-chipdb

Install fpga-icestorm-chipdb Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fpga-icestorm-chipdb

Install fpga-icestorm-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 fpga-icestorm-chipdb using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fpga-icestorm-chipdb

How To Uninstall fpga-icestorm-chipdb on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the fpga-icestorm-chipdb package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fpga-icestorm-chipdb

Uninstall fpga-icestorm-chipdb And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fpga-icestorm-chipdb

Remove fpga-icestorm-chipdb Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fpga-icestorm-chipdb

Remove fpga-icestorm-chipdb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fpga-icestorm-chipdb

Dependencies

fpga-icestorm-chipdb have the following dependencies:

References

• fpga-icestorm-chipdb website

Summary

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