Installing edk, Environment variables, Network installation – Xilinx EDK 9.2I User Manual
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Getting Started with EDK
EDK 9.2i
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Installing EDK
You must use an Administrator login when installing EDK on a Windows Platform. Xilinx
also recommends using an Administrator login when running EDK on Windows.
To install EDK on your Windows PC:
1.
Insert the EDK Installation DVD into your PC. The installer opens automatically.
If the installation process does not start on its own, open Windows Explorer and
double-click setup.exe on the DVD.
The installation process prompts you to enter the registration ID.
2.
Once you have entered the registration ID, continue to install the product.
Note:
If the environment variable XILINX_EDK is set, the default directory for installation is the
value of the variable %XILINX_EDK%. Otherwise, the default EDK installation directory is c:\EDK.
You can change this to any other directory.
Note:
The destination directory name cannot contain spaces.
Environment Variables
The EDK installer creates or modifies the following variables on your machine. These
variables are added to the system settings.
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XILINX_EDK
Sets the value of this variable to the EDK installation directory.
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PATH
Prefixes the PATH environment variable with %XILINX_EDK%\bin\nt.
EDK tools require the Cygwin tools distributed by Red Hat. A copy of these tools is
distributed with the EDK installation. When you run XPS, the SDK IDE, or Xilinx Shell,
your registry is checked for the entry:
My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin
.
If a compatible version of Cygwin is found pre-installed on your machine, the EDK tools
use it. Otherwise, the registry is set up to point to the Cygwin tools distributed in the EDK
installation area.
Note:
When you install EDK, Cygwin installation files are copied to your system. Whether or not the
copied files are installed depends on the state of existing Cygwin installations on the machine. If you
already have Cygwin installed, and if the existing Cygwin installation meets requirements, EDK does
not install Cygwin (and the existing Cygwin installation is used). Otherwise, EDK installs Cygwin from
the installation area. For more information, refer to the “EDK Shell” Chapter in the Embedded System
Tools Reference Manual, available at
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Network Installation
To install EDK for access on a network, perform the following steps.
1.
Install the EDK software tools on a PC network server.
Make sure that your users know the location of the software tools and have access to
the installation directory, and that they have administrator privileges for the following
steps.
2.
From the local client machine, browse to the following directory:
network_install_location\bin\nt
and run setXenv.bat. Running this
program sets up the environment and registry settings needed to run the Xilinx tools
from the remote location.