Installing 2017.4 Vivado and SDK on Linux

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This post walks through installing the 2017.4 version of Vivado and the SDK on a Linux box.

Warning:

You will need around 80 GB of diskspace and 30 minutes to install Vivado:

17 GB for the archive +

17 GB for the expanded archive +

46 GB for the installed program = 80 GB

1. Download Xilinx_Vivado_SDK_2017.4_1216_1.tar.gz from the Xilinx.com download center @ [link]*

*Note: This link cannot be used in a wget command. You need to open the link in a web browser, login with a Xilinx account and then your download will start.

2. Extract the archive:

time tar -zxvf Xilinx_Vivado_SDK_2017.4_1216_1.tar.gz

Took 5 min on Ubuntu 16.04 running on VirtualBox on T460.

3. Remove the original install archive:

rm Xilinx_Vivado_SDK_2017.4_1216_1.tar.gz

4. Run xsetup

cd Xilinx_Vivado_SDK_2017.4_1216_1
./xsetup

You should see:

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5. Click each I Agree checkbox and click Next >

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6. Click the Vivado HL System Edition radio button and click Next >

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7. Click the Engineering Sample Devices check box and click Next > (45.61 GB needed)

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8. Find a directory that has enough space. Click Next >

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If the install asks you to create the directory click okay.

9. Click Install

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10. Select the Get Vivado or IP Evaluation Licenses radio button and click Connect Now

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11. Click on Vivado Design Suite (No ISE): 30-Day Evaluation License and click the Generate Node-Locked License button. Then enter in a Host Name, OS, Ethernet MAC and the Host ID Value. Use ifconfig to look up the Ethernet address.

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12. Check your email. mkdir -p $HOME/.Xilinx. Save the license to $HOME/.Xilinx. You may need to:

mv ~/Downloads/Xilinx.lic $HOME/.Xilinx/

13. Close the Web browser (otherwise the License Manager will appear hung). Exit the License Manager.

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14. Test that everything works by Launching Vivado. Type Viv (or SDK) in the launcher and select Vivado.

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Follow UG973 to install Linux cable drivers

Sizes

Download

Size in bytes

pfefferz@plc2:/hdd/pkgs$ ls -l
total 16960100
-rwxrwxrwx 1 pfefferz pfefferz 17367136047 Mar  1 16:56 Xilinx_Vivado_SDK_2017.4_1216_1.tar.gz

pfefferz@plc2:/hdd/pkgs$ ls -lh
total 17G
-rwxrwxrwx 1 pfefferz pfefferz 17G Mar  1 16:56 Xilinx_Vivado_SDK_2017.4_1216_1.tar.gz

Size in human readable bytes

Expanded

Size in bytes

pfefferz@plc2:/hdd/pkgs$ du -s Xilinx_Vivado_SDK_2017.4_1216_1
17275572	Xilinx_Vivado_SDK_2017.4_1216_1

Size in human readable bytes

pfefferz@plc2:/hdd/pkgs$ du -sh Xilinx_Vivado_SDK_2017.4_1216_1
17G	Xilinx_Vivado_SDK_2017.4_1216_1

Reference

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