Zedboard on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

It was fun getting the Zedboard working on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. We are using 2012.4 version of ISE/Vivado Webpack. There are no major tricks in getting it to work but since there does not seem to be a guide out there, I thought that I’d write a quick one here.

1. Download ISE Webpack from Xilinx here.
   We are using version 2012.4 here.
2. Unpack the ISE Webpack.
   $ tar -xf Xilinx_ISE_DS_Lin_14.4_P.49d.3.0.tar
3. Install the ISE Webpack.
   $ ./Xilinx_ISE_DS_Lin_14.4_P.49d.3.0/xsetup
4. Download the Digilent run-time from Digilent here.
5. Unpack the Digilent run-time.
   $ tar -zxf digilent.adept.runtime_2.10.2-i686.tar.gz
6. Install the Digilent run-time.
   $ ./digilent.adept.runtime_2.10.2-i686/install.sh
7. Install the Digilent FTDI run-time.
   $ ./digilent.adept.runtime_2.10.2-i686/ftdi.drivers_1.0.4-i686/install.sh
8. Download the Digilent plugin from Digilent here.
9. Unpack the plugin.
   $ tar -zxf libCseDigilent_2.4.3-i686.tar.gz
10. Copy the plugin into the ISE Webpack directory.
    Read the included documentation for instructions.
11. Start ISE Webpack.
    $ source /opt/Xilinx/14.4/ISE_DS/ISE/settings32.sh

That’s it!