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# $Id: INSTALL_ghdl.txt 651 2015-02-26 21:32:15Z mueller $
The w11 project uses the open source VHDL simulator
ghdl
It used to be part of most distributions. Unfortunately the Debian maintainer
for ghdl refused at some point to integrate ghdl into Debian Etch. Therefore
ghdl was part of Debian 5 "Lenny", and again of Debian 6 "Squeeze", and is
missing again in Debian 7 "Wheezy" (the current 'stable').
The glitch at Debian unfortunately lead to the removal of ghdl from Ubuntu,
which is based on Debian. Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid" up to 11.10 "Oneiric" included
ghdl, the currently maintained versions 12.04 LTS "Precise", 14.04 LTS "Trusty"
and 14.10 "Utopic" unfortunately don't.
To install ghdl on an up-to-date Debian or Ubuntu systems you have the
following options {as of early February 2015}:
- Ubuntu Precise and Trusty
Thanks to Peter Gavin Ubuntu packages for GHDL are available from his PPA
'Personal Package Archives', see
https://launchpad.net/~pgavin/+archive/ghdl
So to install ghdl under Ubuntu use
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pgavin/ghdl
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ghdl
- Debian Wheezy
Thanks to Joris van Rantwijk Debian packages for GHDL are available
from the web site
http://jorisvr.nl/ghdl_debian.html
There are also Ubuntu packages, but Joris focus is clearly on Debian.
Only Debian and Ubuntu are actively used by the w11a developer. The situation
for other Linux distributions is therefore just taken from the respective web
sites {status October 2013}:
- Suse
For Suse 12.2 and 12.3 un-official ghdl packages are available, but they
seem to be based on the long obsolete ghdl version 0.27.
- Redhat/Fedora
For Fedora 18,19, and 20 packages are available based on ghdl 0.29
- Gentoo
Packages, marked 'unstable', are available based on ghdl 0.29 and 0.27