How To Install yosys on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install yosys on Ubuntu.
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 Ubuntu. 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 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 yosys using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install yosys
How To Uninstall yosys on Ubuntu
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 Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove yosys
Remove yosys Configurations and Data
To remove yosys configuration and data from Ubuntu 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:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install yosys package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.