How To Install yosys on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is yosys

yosys is:

This is a framework for Verilog RTL synthesis. It currently has extensive Verilog-2005 support and provides a basic set of synthesis algorithms for various application domains.

Yosys can be adapted to perform any synthesis job by combining the existing passes (algorithms) using synthesis scripts and adding additional passes as needed by extending the yosys C++ code base.

There are three methods to install yosys 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 yosys Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install yosys using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install yosys

Install yosys Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install yosys

Install yosys 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 yosys using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install yosys

How To Uninstall yosys on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove yosys

Uninstall yosys And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove yosys

Remove yosys Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge yosys

Remove yosys configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yosys

Dependencies

yosys have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libffi7
• libgcc1

References

• yosys website

Summary

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