How To Install qflow on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qflow on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is qflow
qflow is:
This is a complete tool chain for synthesizing digital circuits starting from verilog source and ending in physical layout for a specific target fabrication process. In the world of commercial electronics, digital synthesis with a target application of a chip design is usually bundled into large EDA software systems. As commercial electronics designers need to maintain cutting-edge performance, these commercial toolchains get more and more expensive, and have largely priced themselves out of all but the established integrated circuit manufacturers. This leaves an unfortunate gap where startup companies and small businesses cannot afford to do any sort of integrated circuit design.
Qflow tries to fill this gap.
There are three methods to install qflow 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 qflow Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install qflow using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qflow
Install qflow Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install qflow using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qflow
Install qflow 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 qflow using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qflow
How To Uninstall qflow on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the qflow package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qflow
Uninstall qflow And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qflow and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qflow
Remove qflow Configurations and Data
To remove qflow configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qflow
Remove qflow configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qflow configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qflow
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qflow package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
