How To Install fpga-icestorm-chipdb on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fpga-icestorm-chipdb on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install 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 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 fpga-icestorm-chipdb using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fpga-icestorm-chipdb
How To Uninstall fpga-icestorm-chipdb on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fpga-icestorm-chipdb package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
