Hello All, I’m attempting to install the ancient Xilinx ISE software for programming legacy CPLD’s, etc. There is no documentation or help with installation, but youtube videos show people installing it with a simple click without issue by running the “xsetup” file (e.g. on Ubuntu). The error is: …

Oh, wow, I successfully installed it! The main problem was that it expected an older version of gcc. Now I await my doom from all those “problems and conflicts” that I’m sure to have created. :roll_eyes: As an aside, Vivado is only compatible with newer FPGA’s, not their legacy CPLD’s, or I would …

Neither Xilinx nor libcurses.so.5 are in the repos. You are in uncharted territory. I see an aur package with that name, but it also comes with ancient dependencies. Generally speaking, a rolling distro is a bad choice for running outdated software. I would try to find a flatpak if i were you.

[image] nano2: I’m attempting to install the ancient Xilinx ISE software I don’t know how you’re trying to install it, but the package is available from the AUR. Have you tried that yet? :backhand_index_pointing_down: pamac build xilinx-ise [image] nano2: (how do you use the “code tag”…

Thank you for your replies. I somehow missed finding it in the AUR, etc., and had downloaded it directly from Xilinx. I just tried the version fron the AUR. After an unbelievably long and tortured build process, it failed with “Could not resolve all dependencies.” There’s no way I’d expect to fix …

[image] nano2: I just tried the version fron the AUR. After an unbelievably long and tortured build process, it failed with “Could not resolve all dependencies.” There’s no way I’d expect to fix that myself. Then perhaps you could look for a Snap, a FlatPak or an AppImage. Those are self-con…

If only one was available, but I think not. Thank you again.

[image] nano2: I just tried the version fron the AUR. After an unbelievably long and tortured build process, it failed with “Could not resolve all dependencies.” Better that way. The dependencies could have caused other problems and conflicts. It is just too old and incompatible with the core…

A reminder that use of the AUR is not officially supported by Manjaro (or Arch Linux) and typically no support is offered. [image] [Need-To-Know] About Manjaro and AUR AUR TL:DR DISCLAIMER: AUR packages are user produced content. Any use of the provided files…

Xilinx ISE software installation issue

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soundofthunder 22 December 2025 00:44 9

A reminder that use of the AUR is not officially supported by Manjaro (or Arch Linux) and typically no support is offered.