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Configure Cadence IC after installation

Tony777
Tony777 over 10 years ago

Hi everyone,

I have installed Cadence IC 6.15 in a new linux server. This is the first time I did these things. After installation, I don't know how to run it. Because the old server was broken so I cannot refer to it. I know this question is stupid. But, believe me, I have tried for a week. Please help me. Thank so so much.

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  • Tony777
    Tony777 over 10 years ago

    I followed some instructions and did:

    1/ create a test directory

    2/ in test directory, I create a cadence615.cshrc:

    setenv CDS_Netlisting_Mode "Analog"
    setenv CDS_LIC_FILE 5280@<my_server_license_ip_address>
    setenv SPECTRE_DEFAULTS "-E"

    setenv ASSURAHOME /tools/cadence/assura/assura0410
    set path = ($path $ASSURAHOME/tools/bin $ASSURAHOME/tools/assura/bin)
    setenv LANG C
    setenv SUBSTRATESTORMHOME $ASSURAHOME

    setenv MMSIM_HOME /tools/cadence/mmsim/mmsim1210
    set path = ($path $MMSIM_HOME/tools/bin $MMSIM_HOME/tools/dfII/bin )

    setenv IC_HOME /tools/cadence/ic/ic615
    set path = ($path $IC_HOME/tools/bin $IC_HOME/tools/dfII/bin)

    #set path = ($path /tools/cadence/installscape/iscape/bin)

    setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH $IC_HOME/tools/lib/
    setenv LM_LICENSE_FILE $CDS_LIC_FILE

    However, when I try to run cadence by, the terminal shows an error:

    tools/cadence/ic/ic615/tools/dfII/bin/32bit/virtuoso: error while loading shared libraries: libXp.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

    I did not copy any files to test directory. There is only cadence615.cshrc file in there. I worry that may I miss any files?

    Please help me.

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  • Tony777
    Tony777 over 10 years ago

    I install the libXp package and copy all sample file to my working directory. When I run Cadence, error still occurs in CIW. How can I fix it, please?

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  • Tony777
    Tony777 over 10 years ago

    I install cadence ic616 and configure similar to ic615. Now when i run ic616 it take about 10 minutes to appear CIW. However, I can't access library manager. What's is the problem? Please help.

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  • Andrew Beckett
    Andrew Beckett over 10 years ago

    The original problem would be solved by ensuring you have the libXp rpm installed (make sure you have both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions installed).

    For the libManager start up issue, try running "libManager" from UNIX to make sure it can run and doesn't have any shared libraries missing.

    Then I guess it's probably something wrong with your /etc/hosts setup. A solution ( ) on Cadence Online Support suggests:

    In general, make sure that: /etc/hosts has an entry for localHost and also an entry for itself with a fully qualified domain name and its correct IP address. Add an entry to /etc/hosts for the local hostname and IP-address.

    By default there is only the loop-back address (127.0.0.1) contained in this file. Providing the local hostname as an alias for the loopback address also solves the problem.

    ----------- sample /etc/hosts file ------------------------

    # Do not remove the following line, or various programs
    # that require network functionality will fail.

    127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost

    172.23.40.73 lx-test lx-test.cadence.com

    However in general I don't think you need a separate entry - I just have this:

    127.0.0.1         lnx-mymachine lnx-mymachine.cadence.com localhost loghost

    where lnx-mymachine is the name of my machine (I have both a short and fully-qualified name there too).

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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