[SOLVED] Cadence Virtuoso and MMSIM installation

[binnx1]

Check this link, CDK installation is just to point tech lib files in cds.lib
https://www.eda.ncsu.edu/wiki/Installation_Instructions

@ManuelW
Can you please post the instructions to install NCSU-CDK.

 

[rmkmani]

Dear All,
I'm also searching..! (I'm using OS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, 32-Bit with Virtualbox interface).
Please post the step by step instruction for installing the NCSU-CDK-1.5.1 or NCSU-CDK-1.6.0.Beta, I'm unable to understan the procedure, which is there in th NCSU website.

Thanks and regards,
RmkMani

 

[satya_vijayawada]

sudo apt-get install policykit

policykit not found

can i use policylik-1 ??? i am using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

 

[binnx1]

sudo apt-get install policykit

policykit not found

can i use policylik-1 ??? i am using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

of course you can you policykit-1

 

[debasishdwibedy]

I installed virtuoso 6.15 in ubuntu 12.But while running simulation it shows "Error (ADE-3036)"
and log can't be created.
how to solve the error ?

 

[purval6300]

while simulating it gives error that hspice:command not found.. so may be i need to install hspice can anyone tell me how to install hspice on ubuntu..

 

[avi.balaji]

Please post how to install NCSU or any other libraries??

 

[AbhijithBharadwaj]

Hello All,
I was able to install both ic615 and mmsim through iscape but I got 1 error while performing step 6 during both patches. When i try to open virtuoso from terminal i'm getting the error 'Unrecognized platform - cds plat returned'. Please help me out in this regard as i need this very much for my research.

Thank You

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Hello All,
I was able to install both ic615 and mmsim through iscape but I got 1 error while performing step 6 during both patches. When i try to open virtuoso from terminal i'm getting the error 'Unrecognized platform - cds plat returned'. Please help me out in this regard as i need this very much for my research.

Thank You.

 

[purval6300]

just add OA_UNSUPPORTED_PLAT=linux_rhel40_gcc44x in bashrc file in home folder...note-bashrc is hidden file

 

[manikantaxyz]

@binnx1

I checked the link https://www.eda.ncsu.edu/wiki/Installation_Instructions but I was not able to install those libraries.
I added the path of these libraries to the cds.lib file but it is showing error : cdb to openaccess conversion is required.
And I dont know whether this is the right way of doing it.
Could you please help me in solving this.

 

[binnx1]

@binnx1

I checked the link https://www.eda.ncsu.edu/wiki/Installation_Instructions but I was not able to install those libraries.
I added the path of these libraries to the cds.lib file but it is showing error : cdb to openaccess conversion is required.
And I dont know whether this is the right way of doing it.
Could you please help me in solving this.

Install CDK 1.6 beta. Then it would work perfectly.

 

[avi.balaji]

Install CDK 1.6 beta. Then it would work perfectly.

how to set environment variable?
could you please in simple words walk me through the process

 

[sarge]

how to set environment variable?

in bash.rc

export OA_UNSUPPORTED_PLAT=linux_rhel40_gcc44x

cshrc

setenv PATH "/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:ucb/bin"

 

[jebaspaul]

Good work!!!

@manikantaxyz - Thanks for providing the detailed instruction.

Hoping for successful installation.

By the way, can anybody tell the packages included in this installation.

Thanks,
Jebas.

 

[Marben Orallo]

Hi,
Thank you very much for uploading "Cadence Virtuoso (IC-615_06.15.151)",
and this long installation instruction.
It installed successfully.
Please continue uploading great software.
Cheers.

Best Regards,
Marben

 

[jvce92]

everything seemed to work fine, but when I run ./sfk rep -bylist flexlm.pat -yes -dir . it gives a bunch of skipping warns, like:

warn : empty file: dfII/samples/artist/ahdlLib/swept_sine_src/veriloga/pc.db - skipping

and when I type virtuoso on terminal it gives me a command not found warn, does anybody know what is wrong?

I am using a Ubuntu 12.04 64 bits btw

 

[jvce92]

I was able to fix the preview issue, but now it seems I am having some trouble with the license, I am getting the following message after entering virtuoso -64 on terminal:

*ERROR* (DB-320001): Unable to get the Cadence(R) Design Framework II license feature of "111".

 

[Marben Orallo]

Hi jvce92,
You should install the attached patch .

Best Regards,
Marben

 

[jvce92]

Hi jvce92,
You should install the attached patch .

Best Regards,
Marben

Well, I did it, but I got a bunch of warnings like that:

warn : empty file: dfII/samples/artist/ahdlLib/swept_sine_src/veriloga/pc.db - skipping

Did you get any of those?

 

[kami7jun]

Hi guys,
First of all thanks for the comprehensive explanation.
I tried all the steps you mentioned.
1. I did not install MMSIM. would that make any problem with Cadence Virtuoso operation? I don't know what is MMSIM and I just know virtuoso. I tried to download MMSIM from somewhere but I couldn't. I'd appreciate it if somebody gives me a download link for it.
2. When I try ./sfk .... command there are a bunch of warnings and one error. the error is "iota/berror: failed to read+write: sfk - skipping" does anyone have any idea what this is?
3. After I finished all the steps. (I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 32-bit on virtualbox with windows 7 as the host) I added that OA_UNSUPPORTED..... extra line to .bashrc as well and opened a new terminal. but when I run virtuoso it says the command is not known.
Does anyone know why this happens? Is it because I didn't install MMSIM or is it because of the error I get from ./sfk rep .... line? or is it something else?
I appreciate your help.
Thanks,
Kamran