Installing Verilator¶

Download¶

All kits include full sources.

RPMs are also available for SuSE and Fedora systems. Search for Verilator at PBone.

Repository¶

Alternatively, you can get the entire development repository with:

git clone http://git.veripool.org/git/verilator   # Only first time
cd verilator
git pull        # Make sure we're up-to-date
git tag         # See what versions exist
#git checkout HEAD                 # Use HEAD development version
#git checkout verilator_{version}  # Switch to specified version
autoconf        # Create ./configure script

Prerequisites¶

Verilator should run any system with GCC and Perl. It is developed on 64-bit SuSE 9.3 and other users report success on Redhat Linux, HPUX, Solaris, and Windows NT under Cygwin (C++ only, no SystemC), and Microsoft Visual C++.

Installation¶

• Install Verilog-Perl (Optional, for coverage analysis)

• Install SystemPerl (Optional, for coverage analysis)

• Please see the README in the Verilator kit. One build option is the standard GNU method:

unsetenv VERILATOR_ROOT  # For csh; ignore error if on bash
unset VERILATOR_ROOT  # For bash
tar xvzf verilator*.t*gz
cd verilator*
./configure
make
make install