Installing Verilator¶

Download¶

All kits include full sources.

Distributions¶

Many Linux Distributions include Verilator, though rarely the most recent release. For example, on Ubuntu, use "apt-get install verilator". 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:

#sudo apt-get install make autoconf g++ flex bison   # Prerequisites
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