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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