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).
WEBPACK for linux
Started by ●October 2, 2008
Reply by ●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 ●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". > > JonOne 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 ●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
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
