PARTHENON (Pre-release version) for

RedHat Linux

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PARTHENON RPM package for RedHat Linux is now available.

0. System requirements

1. Download

Download the RPM package file (parthenon-2.4.1-1.386.rpm[ 6.2J, 7.1, 7.2 ]).

2. Installation

  1. Switch user into root
    # su -
    Password: (Enter root password)

  2. Execute rpm command with "-i" option.
    # rpm -i parthenon-2.4.1-1.i386.rpm
  3. Installation is completed if rpm command terminates successfully.

Please remove the downloaded file, which is no longer necessary once you've installed it.

All files of PARTHENON are installed under "/usr/local/parthenon".

3. Installation of Cell-Libraries (additional)

After installation of "parthenon-2.4.1-1.i386.rpm", you can download and install the following cell libraries:

Package name File size (byte) Contents
pcd-ALTERA-altera-1.0.1-1.i386.rpm ( 6.2J, 7.1, 7.2 ) 24793, 19256, 19353 Cell library for FPGA of ALTERA
pcd-GATEFIELD-GF100K-1.0-2.i386.rpm ( 6.2J, 7.1, 7.2 ) 24909, 19907, 19958 Cell library for GF100K of GATEFIELD (*)
pcd-GATEFIELD-GF250F-1.0.1-1.i386.rpm ( 6.2J, 7.1, 7.2 ) 27567, 21772, 21845 Cell library for GF250F of GATEFIELD (*)
pcd-NEC-cmos9-1.0-2.i386.rpm ( 6.2J, 7.1, 7.2 ) 94540, 83116, 83200 Cell library for CMOS9 of NEC
pcd-XILINX-lca-1.0-2.i386.rpm ( 6.2J, 7.1, 7.2 ) 22726, 18052, 18098 Cell library for FPGA of XILINX

Please install them as follows:

  1. Switch user into root
    # su -
    Password: (Enter root password)

  2. Execute rpm command with "-i" option.
    # rpm -i cell_library_package_name
  3. Installation is completed if rpm command terminates successfully.

4. Post installation process

Add the path name where PARTHENON executable files are installed to your search path.

  1. Born shells (The default shell is "bash" in most of major Linux distributions. So this setting will be useful.)
    # PATH=/usr/local/parthenon:${PATH}; export PATH
  2. C shells
    % set path = (/usr/local/parthenon/com $path); rehash

5. Update of the password file (at the expiration of the term of validity)

At the expiration of the term of validity of license, please update the password file.

  1. Download the new password file (parthe.non) from this web site.
  2. Switch user into root.
    # su - 
    Password: (Enter root's password)

  3. Copy the downloaded password file.
    # cp parthe.non /usr/local/parthenon/com/parthe.non

Update is completed.

6. Un-installation (Removal)

  1. Switch user into root
    # su - 
    Password: (Enter root's password)

  2. Execute rpm command with "-e" option
    # rpm -e parthenon-2.4.1-1
  3. Un-installation is completed if rpm command terminates successfully.

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