Installation - UNIX platforms

Before you begin a new ModelSim EE installation on a UNIX machine, make sure you have a Globetrotter license data file (license.dat file); you’ll need the file to run ModelSim. If you don’t have a license file see "Licenses - ModelSim EE" (p29).

Your workstation’s identification is required for a license; here are the commands that return the ID:

Syntax

Platform

 

 

 

 

hostid

SPARC

 

 

/etc/lanscan

HP 700

 

 

uname -m

RISC/6000

 

 

The commands used to install ModelSim are case-sensitive, so they must be entered exactly as shown in the following steps. (Note that neither the prompt nor the <Return> at the end of a line is shown in the examples.)

1ModelSim can be installed in any directory. These instructions assume that you are installing it in the /usr directory. You can change to the desired installation directory by entering one of the following commands:

cd /usr

or

cd <pathname>

2From a mounted ModelSim CD, extract the file for your platform with the following syntax (this creates the top-level directory modeltech):

tar xf /<CD-ROM>/WORKSTATION/install/<filename.tar>

where the <filename.tar> is:

 

Platform

<filename.tar>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All platforms

base.tar (extract for all platforms)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sun OS-4/Solaris 1.x

sun4.tar

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sun OS-5/Solaris 2.x

sunos5.tar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EE Installation 7