Synopsys A-2007.12 User Manual

IC Compiler Installation Notes
Version A-2007.12

December 10, 2007 1

These installation notes present installing IC Compiler version A-2007.12 in the following
sections:

• Media Availability and Supported Platforms

• Disk Space Requirements

• Installing the Software

• Setting Up the User Environment

• Specifying the Executable File Location

• Setting the SNPSLMD_LICENSE_FILE Environment Variable

• Configuring the Browser for Online Help

• Verifying the IC Compiler Installation

Note:

The installation instructions in this chapter are the most up-to-date available at the time
of production. However, changes might have occurred. For the latest installation
information, see the product release notes or documentation.

See also http://www.synopsys.com/install for additional installation and licensing
information.

Copyright © 2007 Synopsys, Inc. All rights reserved. See

http://www.synopsys.com/copyright.html for additional terms and conditions.

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Media Availability and Supported Platforms

The IC Compiler tool is available by EST download upon initial software release, and at a
later date on DVD (or CD depending on image size). Tabl e 1 -1 shows the supported
operating systems and keywords for this release.

Table 1-1 Supported Operating Systems and Keywords

Platform Operating system Platform keyword Path keyword

AMD Opt er on

EM64T

IA-32 (x86)

Sun SPARC

1. Binary-compatible hardware platform or operating system. Note, however, that binary compatibility is not
guaranteed. See http://www.synopsys.com/products/platforms/a-foundation.html for latest information.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux v4, v51

SUSE Enterprise Linux 9, 10

Red Hat Enterprise Linux v4, 5

Solaris 9, 10

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amd64 (64-bit mode) AMD.64

suse64 (64-bit mode)
suse32 (32-bit mode)

linux IA.32

sparc64 (64-bit) SUN.32

SUSE.64
SUSE.32

SUN.64

Disk Space Requirements

The disk space requirement depends on the platform. Tab le 1 -2 shows the maximum space
required for installing IC Compiler on a particular platform.

Table 1-2 Disk Space Requirements (in Megabytes)

Operating system Megabytes

amd64 1120

linux 1100

sparc64 1340

suse32 1070

suse64 1090

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Installing the Software

IC Compiler uses the Synopsys Installer tool, which allows you to use a text script or a
graphical user interface (GUI). For information about downloading the Synopsys Installer,
see Installing Synopsys Tools at http://www.synopsys.com/install.

To install IC Compiler, follow the procedures described in Installing Synopsys Tools. This
document provides a Synopsys media installation script. IC Compiler is installed in a similar
manner.

IC Compiler is a stand-alone product and cannot be installed over an existing Synopsys
product, including a prior version of IC Compiler. You must create a new directory for IC
Compiler.

Setting Up the User Environment

To set up the user environment, you must specify the location of the executable file and set
the license environment variable.

Specifying the Executable File Location

A platform-independent wrapper script is provided for the IC Compiler tool. This script
automatically determines the operating system platform at runtime, which simplifies the
setup required to use IC Compiler.

The platform-independent wrappers are located at
icc_root/bin and include the following new options:

-32bit|-64bit

Note:

If you select an executable file that is not available, you will automatically be switched to
an available platform based on your current environment. A warning message will not be
issued.

To set up the environment by using platform-independent wrappers, add the IC Compiler bin
directory to the PATH environment variable.

If you are using the C shell, add the following line to the .cshrc file:

set path=(icc_root/bin $path)

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If you are using the Bourne, Korn, or Bash shell, add the following line to the .profile, .bashrc,
or .kshrc file:

PATH=icc_root/bin:$PATH
export PATH

Replace icc_root with the IC Compiler root directory.

Setting the SNPSLMD_LICENSE_FILE Environment Variable

You must install the SCL software and define the SNPSLMD_LICENSE_FILE variable before
you can verify the IC Compiler installation.

For information about downloading SCL installing SCL, or setting the license variable, see
Installing Synopsys Tools at http://www.synopsys.com/install.

Configuring the Browser for Online Help

The online Help system is a browser-based HTML Help system designed for viewing in the
Firefox and Mozilla Web browsers. You can use any of the following browsers:

• Firefox version 1.5 or 2.0

• Mozilla version 1.7

Although online Help might work in Internet Explorer version 6.0 or later, it is not tested in
this browser.

Important:

When you use online Help from within the GUI, the directory containing the browser
executable file must be in the search path specified by your UNIX or Linux $PATH variable.

The default browser is Firefox. To use a different browser, change the
gui_online_browser variable in your [.synopsys_icc_gui.tcl | .synopsys_dv_gui.tcl]
setup file. You can also change the browser for the current session by setting this variable
from within the GUI. For example

set gui_online_browser “mozilla”

The choices are firefox or mozilla.

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Verifying the IC Compiler Installation

To verify the IC Compiler installation,

1. Make sure you are in a directory where you have read/write privileges.

% cd $HOME

2. Invoke the tool by entering one of the following commands on a licensed machine:

% icc_root/platform/syn/bin/icc_shell -gui (GUI mode)

% icc_root/platform/syn/bin/icc_shell (shell mode)

Replace icc_root with the IC Compiler root directory and platform with the appropriate
platform (see Ta bl e 1 - 2).

If you see information about the product version, production date, and copyright, the
installation was successful.

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