How to install Xilinx ISE 14.7 on New Linux Distro (Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Example)
Install Essential Libraries (curses5 stdc++5 motif-dev fonts-75dpi fonts-100dpi)
sudo apt install \
libncurses5 \
libstdc++5 \
libmotif-dev \
xfonts-75dpi \
xfonts-100dpi- Download Full Installer for Linux file from xilinx site. Xilinx_ISE_DS_Lin_14.7_1015_1.tar
- Extract installation file:
tar -xvf Xilinx_ISE_DS_Lin_14.7_1015_1.tar- goto directory and run installation file:
cd Xilinx_ISE_DS_Lin_14.7_1015_1
./xsetup- Choose installation directory and install ISE
Note: Installation is not works with Noto font series in KDE or Gnome. Before running ./xsetup it is required to change font family to Ubuntu series. issue error is : .xsetup: line 21: 6514 Segmentation fault ...
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After installation, a few manual fixes are required to work around problems caused by running the Xilinx tools on a Linux distribution that is not officially supported by Xilinx.
1. Dynamic library fix (libstdc++.so)
The ISE tools supply an outdated version of the libstdc++.so library, which may cause segfaults when using the Xilinx Microprocessor Debugger and prevents the usage of the oxygen-gtk theme. This outdated version is located in two directories within the installation tree: <installation-path>/ISE_DS/ISE/lib/lin64/ and <installation-path>/ISE_DS/common/lib/lin64
To use newer version of libstdc++, rename or delete the original files and replace them with symlinks:
cd <installation-path->ISE_DS/ISE/lib/lin64/
mv libstdc++.so libstdc++.so.orig
mv libstdc++.so.6 libstdc++.so.6.orig
mv libstdc++.so.6.0.8 libstdc++.so.6.0.8.orig
ln -s /usr/lib/libstdc++.so
ln -s libstdc++.so libstdc++.so.6
ln -s libstdc++.so libstdc++.so.6.0.8Next, repeat this process in the <installation-path>/ISE_DS/common/lib/lin64
2. Locale issues PlanAhead does not like locales using other literals than '.' as the decimal point (e.g. German, which uses ','). Run the following command before launching PlanAhead:
unset LANG
3. Running Xilinx tools from within KDE
KDE by default defines the QT_PLUGIN_PATH shell variable. Some of the Xilinx ISE tools (ISE, Impact, XPS) are Qt applications, which means that they will search for Qt plugins in the locations defined by this shell variable.
Because the Xilinx tools are compiled against and ship with an older version of the Qt framework which cannot use these plugins, they will crash when launched with this environment variable present.
To fix this issue, run the following command before launching the tools:
unset QT_PLUGIN_PATH
4. Segmentation fault on PlanAhead When launching PlanAhead to generate a .ucf file, a segmentation fault may occur. The issue seems unrelated to the previous topic. The ISE console will show:
<installation-path->/ISE_DS/PlanAhead/bin/rdiArgs.sh: line 64: 14275 Segmentation fault $RDI_PROG $*
The problem seems to come from the bundled JRE as described here. To fix the issue, symlink the OpenJDK libjvm.so into the ISE installation directory.
sudo apt install jre8-openjdk-headless
cd <installation-path>/14.7/ISE_DS/PlanAhead/tps/lnx64/jre/lib/amd64/server
mv libjvm.so{,-orig}
ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk/jre/lib/amd64/server/libjvm.soRemember!: newer version of jre such as jre-openjdk-headless (version 17) is not suitable (can lead to error)
5. GNU make XSDK looks for the gmake executable, which is not present in Arch Linux by default. Create a symlink somewhere in your path, e.g.
ln -s /usr/bin/make /home/<user>/bin/gmake
Note: Make sure this directory (~/bin) is in your PATH variable.
Thanks for contribution. Yet I'm using 2022 for development. I will use this for updated version. Some dependency issues reported on topic of high memory usage.