Synopsys A-2007.12 Installing the Software, Setting Up the User Environment

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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