How To Install ghdl-llvm on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ghdl-llvm
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is ghdl-llvm
ghdl-llvm is:
GHDL is a compiler and simulator for VHDL, a Hardware Description Language. GHDL is not an interpreter: it allows you to analyse and elaborate sources to generate machine code from your design. Native program execution is the only way for high speed simulation.
This package contains the compiler with the LLVM backend.
There are three methods to install ghdl-llvm
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 ghdl-llvm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ghdl-llvm
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ghdl-llvm
Install ghdl-llvm Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ghdl-llvm
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ghdl-llvm
Install ghdl-llvm 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 ghdl-llvm
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ghdl-llvm
How To Uninstall ghdl-llvm on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the ghdl-llvm
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ghdl-llvm
Uninstall ghdl-llvm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ghdl-llvm
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ghdl-llvm
Remove ghdl-llvm Configurations and Data
To remove ghdl-llvm
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ghdl-llvm
Remove ghdl-llvm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ghdl-llvm
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ghdl-llvm
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ghdl-llvm
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.