On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:03:10 GMT, Dave Farrance
<DaveFarrance@OMiTTHiSyahooANDTHiS.co.uk> wrote:
>Jon Elson <jmelson@wustl.edu> wrote:
>
>>beky4kr@gmail.com wrote:
>>> A few years ago I downloaded the WEBPACK for linux.
>>> I checked recently in http://www.xilinx.com/support/download/index.htm
>>> and it seems the free version is only for windows.
>>>
>>> Does xilinx stop to give it for free (the linux version).
>>They still have the free Linux version, for 32-bit architecture ONLY!
>>If you have a 64-bit system, there apparently is a way to make it work,
>>too. I didn't want to do that much hacking, and we have a site license
>>for the "real thing".
>
>I've not tried this because I'm still on 32-bits, but I understand that
>you need to install the 64-bit distro's 32-bit compatibility libraries.
That's what I did (on OpenSuse 11 64-bit) and it worked.
I also needed to disable the abort-on-Linux64 test in the "Setup" shell
script, on the basis that this test didn't know about the 32-bit
compatibility libraries, but that was trivial.
>As to how easy the free Webpack for Linux is to get working in general,
>you might need to do a *little* hacking to get it to work, if my
>experience of installing it on Mandriva 2006 a couple of years back is
>anything to go by...
Other than the above; I didn't have to do anything. Other distributions
may vary. (Caveat: I haven't tried installing USB cables yet)
>Once I got it running though, it was quite robust.
Agreed.
- Brian
Reply by Dave Farrance●October 3, 20082008-10-03
Jon Elson <jmelson@wustl.edu> wrote:
>beky4kr@gmail.com wrote:
>> A few years ago I downloaded the WEBPACK for linux.
>> I checked recently in http://www.xilinx.com/support/download/index.htm
>> and it seems the free version is only for windows.
>>
>> Does xilinx stop to give it for free (the linux version).
>They still have the free Linux version, for 32-bit architecture ONLY!
>If you have a 64-bit system, there apparently is a way to make it work,
>too. I didn't want to do that much hacking, and we have a site license
>for the "real thing".
I've not tried this because I'm still on 32-bits, but I understand that
you need to install the 64-bit distro's 32-bit compatibility libraries.
As to how easy the free Webpack for Linux is to get working in general,
you might need to do a *little* hacking to get it to work, if my
experience of installing it on Mandriva 2006 a couple of years back is
anything to go by...
...as shown in section 5 here:
http://no.gentoo-wiki.com/Talk:HOWTO_Xilinx/Archive_1
...which lists the deviations from the main HOWTO (for Gentoo) here:
http://no.gentoo-wiki.com/Xilinx_ISE_WebPACK
Once I got it running though, it was quite robust.
--
Dave Farrance
Reply by ●October 3, 20082008-10-03
Jon Elson <jmelson@wustl.edu> writes:
> beky4kr@gmail.com wrote:
> > A few years ago I downloaded the WEBPACK for linux.
> > I checked recently in http://www.xilinx.com/support/download/index.htm
> > and it seems the free version is only for windows.
> > Does xilinx stop to give it for free (the linux version).
> They still have the free Linux version, for 32-bit architecture ONLY!
> If you have a 64-bit system, there apparently is a way to make it
> work, too. I didn't want to do that much hacking, and we have a site
> license for the "real thing".
>
> Jon
One could always use vmware on Linux to create a 32-bit VM in which
you can run the Xilinx tools. It works very nicely -- redirect X to
your host computer's ${DISPLAY} setting, and ISE will even appear on
your regular monitor (not inside the VM window).
thutt
--
Hoegaarden!
Reply by Jon Elson●October 2, 20082008-10-02
beky4kr@gmail.com wrote:
> A few years ago I downloaded the WEBPACK for linux.
> I checked recently in http://www.xilinx.com/support/download/index.htm
> and it seems the free version is only for windows.
>
> Does xilinx stop to give it for free (the linux version).
They still have the free Linux version, for 32-bit architecture ONLY!
If you have a 64-bit system, there apparently is a way to make it work,
too. I didn't want to do that much hacking, and we have a site license
for the "real thing".
Jon
Reply by beky...@gmail.com●October 2, 20082008-10-02
A few years ago I downloaded the WEBPACK for linux.
I checked recently in http://www.xilinx.com/support/download/index.htm
and it seems the free version is only for windows.
Does xilinx stop to give it for free (the linux version).