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
# Skip next line if wish to 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 SystemC output, tracing or coverage) * Install SystemPerl (Optional, for SystemC output, tracing or coverage) * Build using the standard GNU method:

tar xvzf verilator*.t*gz
cd verilator*
./configure
make
make install