Talk:Installation Guide
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[edit] Windows Build
Somewhere it should be made clear that the Mingw port is the preferred means of building for Windows. I have detailed instructions for the Mingw build in the mingw32.txt file that comes with the source. A Mingw Build page should either point to that file in the source bundle, or we should write a Wiki page and seed it with the contents of that file.
--Stevewilliams 17:10, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
I was wondering why cygwin is effectively deprecated? I also think the latest patch I submitted for cygwin removed the requirement for the ps2pdf program (since cygwin has a working man page system I removed pdf creation).
--Cary 01:21, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
Reasonable question. I've reworded the Cygwin section to be somewhat less pessemistic. The main reason for preferring the mingw32 build is that it is the preferred distribution format, but the Cygwin build does have uses, and should be expected to work.
Feel free to improve the Cygwin build instructions as you see fit.
Stevewilliams 04:52, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Repositories of Prepackaged Sources
Icarus Verilog is starting to show up in 3'rd party package repositories. For example, Icarus Verilog is available for MacOSX via Fink, and aparently macports. We might want to create a section for listing these repositories (possibly with reviews), and also lobby for more.
--Stevewilliams 17:15, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
That chapter now exists on this page and titled Installation From Premade Packages. Please lets use it. Some content may need to be moved.
--Stevewilliams 18:28, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
The macports and fink install process should be moved to the "Prepackaged..." section, seperated from the "build by hand" instructions.
--Stevewilliams 21:32, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
Should the RedHat/Fedora section in "installing from source" be dropped as a duplicate? Building from a src rpm belongs in the PreMade Packages section, but it seems to be already covered there by the "other rpm based..." subsection. The duplicate should be removed, I think.
--Stevewilliams 21:38, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
There should be one section for RPM-based systems. Steve, could you provide some instructions on how to build the .src.rpm file using source obtained from CVS?
[edit] Reformatting
I think the <hN></hN> tags and other html formatting should be replaced in favor of th mediawiki markup syntax. Also, the example code should be replaced with unformatted boxes. This is to be consistent with the rest of the formatting in this wiki.
--Stevewilliams 04:33, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Ubuntu Linux install instructions need testing
I moved this sub-section into the "prepackaged" section and attempted to reformat it to be consistent with other instructions. Unfortunately, I'm not 100% sure I didn't mess it up. Please drop a note here if it is still OK. (Or maybe fix it:-)
--Stevewilliams 01:07, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
I have Ubuntu (Dapper Drake 6.06 LTS) on my laptop and the following command installed verilog (0.8-3build1)
sudo apt-get install verilog
from the dapper universe repository which was enabled earlier. I suppose if you use synaptic it could be as simple as search, point and click... One can setup the repositories in synaptic (frontend to apt tools).
HTH [Shashikiran Ganesh]
[edit] Solaris Build Instructions Need Meat
Someone needs to flesh out the Solaris build instructions. I've filled in the basics for the tools, but someone who actually uses Solaris should help fill out details on how to get the right tools and how to use them.
Stevewilliams 16:06, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] The git repository instructions are weak
I know that the git instructions are weak. I'm struggling with a bit of a learning curve of my own here, so I'm open to suggestions.