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Installing openFPGALoader

Linux

Arch Linux

openFPGALoader is available in the default repositories:

sudo pacman -S openfpgaloader

Fedora

openFPGALoader is available as a Copr repository:

sudo dnf copr enable mobicarte/openFPGALoader
sudo dnf install openFPGALoader

From source (Debian, Ubuntu)

This application uses libftdi1, so this library must be installed (and, depending of the distribution, headers too)

apt-get install libftdi1-2 libftdi1-dev libhidapi-libusb0 libhidapi-dev libudev-dev cmake pkg-config make g++

libudev-dev is optional, may be replaced by eudev-dev or just not installed.

By default, (e)udev support is enabled (used to open a device by his /dev/xx node). If you don't want this option, use:

-DENABLE_UDEV=OFF

By default, cmsisdap support is enabled (used for colorlight I5). If you don't want this option, use:

-DENABLE_CMSISDAP=OFF

Alternatively you can manually specify the location of libusb and libftdi1:

-DUSE_PKGCONFIG=OFF -DLIBUSB_LIBRARIES=<path_to_libusb> -DLIBFTDI_LIBRARIES=<path_to_libftdi> -DLIBFTDI_VERSION=<version> -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-I<libusb_include_dir> -I<libftdi1_include_dir>"

You may also need to add this if you see link errors between libusb and pthread:

-DLINK_CMAKE_THREADS=ON

To build the app:

$ mkdir build
$ cd build
$ cmake ../ # add -DBUILD_STATIC=ON to build a static version
            # add -DENABLE_UDEV=OFF to disable udev support and -d /dev/xxx
            # add -DENABLE_CMSISDAP=OFF to disable CMSIS DAP support
$ cmake --build .
or
$ make -j$(nproc)

To install

$ sudo make install

The default install path is /usr/local, to change it, use -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=myInstallDir in cmake invokation.

Udev rules

By default, users have no access to converters. A rule file (99-openfpgaloader.rules) for udev is provided at the root directory of this repository. These rules set access right and group (plugdev) when a converter is plugged.

$ sudo cp 99-openfpgaloader.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/
$ sudo udevadm control --reload-rules && sudo udevadm trigger # force udev to take new rule
$ sudo usermod -a $USER -G plugdev # add user to plugdev group

After that you need to unplug and replug your device.

macOS

openFPGALoader is available as a Homebrew formula:

brew install openfpgaloader

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