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For archival purposes the install instructions for the NetFPGA Package 1.0 can be found at Install_Software_1.0. Use the instructions below to install the newest version of the NetFPGA package.
- Log in as root or 'su -' to root
- If running the command:
java -version
reports at least version 1.6.*, then proceed to the next major step to Install NetFPGA Base Package (below).
Otherwise, download Java 1.6 from: http://java.sun.com/products/archive/j2se/6u6/index.html
Installation instructions are available on-line: http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/install/jre/install-linux.html
- Download the Java JDK (JDK 6 Update 6) Linux RPM in self-extracting file from SUN
Java JDK 6 update 6 - Add execute permission to JDK file
chmod +x jdk-6u6-linux-i586-rpm.bin
- Install JDK. Scroll down and say 'yes' when prompted.
./jdk-6u6-linux-i586-rpm.bin
- Install the key for the JPackage repository
rpm --import http://jpackage.org/jpackage.asc
- Install the JPackage repository information for yum
cd /etc/yum.repos.d wget http://www.jpackage.org/jpackage17.repo
- Install the Java JRE
yum -y --enablerepo=jpackage-generic-nonfree install java-1.6.0-sun-compat.i586
- Expected Output
=========================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
=========================================================================
Installing:
java-1.6.0-sun-compat i586 1.6.0.06-1jpp jpackage-generic-nonfree
54 k
Transaction Summary
=========================================================================
Install 1 Package(s)
Update 0 Package(s)
Remove 0 Package(s)
Total download size: 54 k
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/1): java-1.6.0-sun-com 100% ||=========================|| 54 kB 00:00
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Running Transaction
Installing : java-1.6.0-sun-compat ######################### [1/1]
Installed: java-1.6.0-sun-compat.i586 0:1.6.0.06-1jpp
Complete!
- Set default JAVA path to new JRE
/usr/sbin/alternatives --config java
Expected Output
Selection Command
-----------------------------------------------
1 /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.4.2-gcj/bin/java
*+ 2 /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0-sun/bin/java
Enter to keep the current selection[+], or type selection number:
Select number corresponding to jre-1.6.0-sun
- Install the RPMforge repository for your operating system.
CentOS 4 wiki documentation on installing RPMforge
For CentOS 5:
CentOS 5 wiki documentation on installing RPMforge
- Install NetFPGA yum repository and GPG Key - there are two different versions for CentOS 4 and 5. To determine your version, run the command:
cat /etc/redhat-release
For CentOS 4:
rpm -Uhv http://netfpga.org/yum/el4/RPMS/noarch/netfpga-repo-1-1_CentOS4.noarch.rpm
For CentOS 5:
rpm -Uhv http://netfpga.org/yum/el5/RPMS/noarch/netfpga-repo-1-1_CentOS5.noarch.rpm
- Next, for both versions, run the following command to install the NetFPGA base package
yum install netfpga-base
- Note that there may be some dependencies. Select 'y' to install these dependent packages.
Run the following script to copy the entire NF2 directory into your account (typically: /root/NF2). WARNING: Running this command WILL overwrite any existing NF2 directory or files in your user account! If you have files that you want to preserve, 'mv' your NF2 directory to another location, such as NF2_backup.
To copy the NetFPGA directory and set the environment variables run the following command
/usr/local/NF2/lib/scripts/user_account_setup/user_account_setup.pl
It also adds the following environment variables to your .bashrc file.
- NF2_ROOT
- NF2_DESIGN_DIR
- NF2_WORK_DIR
- PYTHONPATH
- PERL5LIB
Reboot your machine in order to finalize the installation.