How To Install opensta-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install opensta-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is opensta-dev
opensta-dev is:
After synthesis, place and route of a digital circuit, it is necessary to verify the timing of the design. OpenSTA is a tool for doing exactly that. It has a Tcl interface for entering commands for analysing designs.
It typically takes as input a verilog netlist, a liberty file, and other parasitics information from the placed and routed design.
This package contains the header files and some libraries for development.
There are three methods to install opensta-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install opensta-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install opensta-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install opensta-dev
Install opensta-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install opensta-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install opensta-dev
Install opensta-dev 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 opensta-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install opensta-dev
How To Uninstall opensta-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the opensta-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove opensta-dev
Uninstall opensta-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall opensta-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove opensta-dev
Remove opensta-dev Configurations and Data
To remove opensta-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge opensta-dev
Remove opensta-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove opensta-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge opensta-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install opensta-dev
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.