How To Install opensta on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install opensta on Kali Linux.

What is opensta

opensta 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.

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

sudo apt-get -y install opensta

Install opensta Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install opensta using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install opensta

Install opensta 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 opensta using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install opensta

How To Uninstall opensta on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the opensta package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove opensta

Uninstall opensta And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove opensta

Remove opensta Configurations and Data

To remove opensta configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge opensta

Remove opensta configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove opensta configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge opensta

Dependencies

opensta have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc1

References

• opensta website

Summary

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