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Install Vivado, Vitis and PetaLinux on Windows Sublayer for Linux

Jan Cumps

I'm installing the Vitis and Vivado tools on a WSL instance.
Most of tutorials on scripting and build automated are for Linux. I want to test this out.
My WSL runs Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS.

I was surprised that WSL actually shows the install GUI. I thought it was only capable of terminal activity by default.

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If the install succeeds, I'll also install PetaLinux.
The end goal is to build a Non-PYNQ, home made custom Linux image, and generate an SD card for it.
I want to see if I can make a FPGA design, write drivers for the custom hardware, and have the FPGA bitstream automatically loaded when the board starts from that image.
Big goals. I expect it 'll take months.

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  • Fun fact:

    Windows draws a little Tux in the taskbar icon for this Linux GUI program, and appends (Ubuntu) on the tooltip text:

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  • in reply to Jan Cumps

    During the install you get a warning that the Digilent JTAG driver will not be installed. It has to be done separately on Linux.
    The reason is that all the rest of the installation can be done without elevated rights.
    The installer points to application note UG973 for instructions.
    The process is easy:

    sudo /tools/Xilinx/Vivado/2020.2/data/xicom/cable_drivers/lin64/install_script/install_drivers/install_drivers

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    That's it.

  • in reply to Jan Cumps

    Todo after install:
    cd /tools/Xilinx/Vitis/2020.2/scripts
    sudo ./installLibs.sh

    Then:

    source /tools/Xilinx/Vivado/2020.2/settings64.sh
    vivado

    Success:

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    For Vitis to work, I had to manually install a missing dependency:

    sudo apt-get install libswt-gtk-4-java

    Then, run Vitis:

    source /tools/Xilinx/Vitis/2020.2/settings64.sh
    vitis

    I have issues with the start up dialog's size, trying to work around that ...

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    ... I unexpectedly fixed it by checking the "Use this as default." box, then pressing tab and enter.
    It was a bogus key sequence, but it rendered the dialog big enough for the Launch button:

    image

    Vitis HLS works too:

    source /tools/Xilinx/Vitis_HLS/2020.2/settings64.sh
    vitis_hls

    image

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  • in reply to Jan Cumps

    Todo after install:
    cd /tools/Xilinx/Vitis/2020.2/scripts
    sudo ./installLibs.sh

    Then:

    source /tools/Xilinx/Vivado/2020.2/settings64.sh
    vivado

    Success:

    image

    For Vitis to work, I had to manually install a missing dependency:

    sudo apt-get install libswt-gtk-4-java

    Then, run Vitis:

    source /tools/Xilinx/Vitis/2020.2/settings64.sh
    vitis

    I have issues with the start up dialog's size, trying to work around that ...

    image

    ... I unexpectedly fixed it by checking the "Use this as default." box, then pressing tab and enter.
    It was a bogus key sequence, but it rendered the dialog big enough for the Launch button:

    image

    Vitis HLS works too:

    source /tools/Xilinx/Vitis_HLS/2020.2/settings64.sh
    vitis_hls

    image

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