How To Install nextpnr-ice40-qt on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nextpnr-ice40-qt
on Debian 11.
What is nextpnr-ice40-qt
nextpnr-ice40-qt is:
nextpnr aims to be a vendor neutral, timing driven, FOSS FPGA place and route tool.
nextpnr-ice40 is to be used for Lattice iCE40 FPGAs and uses fpga-icestorm to achieve that.
This package can perform place-and-route for Lattice iCE40 devices and includes the QT GUI.
There are three methods to install nextpnr-ice40-qt
on Debian 11. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install nextpnr-ice40-qt Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nextpnr-ice40-qt
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nextpnr-ice40-qt
Install nextpnr-ice40-qt Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nextpnr-ice40-qt
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nextpnr-ice40-qt
Install nextpnr-ice40-qt 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install nextpnr-ice40-qt
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nextpnr-ice40-qt
How To Uninstall nextpnr-ice40-qt on Debian 11
To uninstall only the nextpnr-ice40-qt
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nextpnr-ice40-qt
Uninstall nextpnr-ice40-qt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nextpnr-ice40-qt
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nextpnr-ice40-qt
Remove nextpnr-ice40-qt Configurations and Data
To remove nextpnr-ice40-qt
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nextpnr-ice40-qt
Remove nextpnr-ice40-qt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nextpnr-ice40-qt
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nextpnr-ice40-qt
Dependencies
nextpnr-ice40-qt have the following dependencies:
- libboost-filesystem1.74.0
- libboost-program-options1.74.0
- libboost-thread1.74.0
- libc6
- libgcc-s1
- libpython3.9
- libqt5core5a
- libqt5gui5
- libqt5gui5
- libqt5widgets5
- libstdc++6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nextpnr-ice40-qt
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.