XRT and Deployment Platform Installation
Procedures on Ubuntu
Use the following steps to download and install XRT and deployment platform packages using
a .deb installation package.
For details on modifying XRT and deployment platform packages, see
1. From the
Getting Started tab of the Alveo U55C Product page
, use the selection tool to
display the desired Xilinx runtime (XRT) and deployment target installation package.
Download the packages by clicking on the displayed package names.
2. Install XRT installation package by running the following command from within the directory
where the installation packages reside.
<version>
is the latter part of the installation
package file name.
$ sudo apt install ./xrt_<version>.deb
This will install XRT along with any necessary dependencies. Follow the instructions when
prompted throughout the installation.
3. Unpack the
tar.gz
file into a single directory. The location of the directory is not important,
however the directory should not contain any other files.
4. Install the deployment packages. From within the directory where the installation packages
were unpacked, run the following command. This will install all deployment packages.
sudo apt install ./*.deb
5. Flash the platform firmware on the card. After installing the deployment packages in the
previous step, the following message is displayed:
Partition package installed successfully.
Please flash card manually by running below command:
sudo /opt/xilinx/xrt/bin/xbmgmt program --base --device <bdf> --image
xilinx_u55c_gen3x16_xdma_base_2
Use the following command to flash the platform on the card.
sudo /opt/xilinx/xrt/bin/xbmgmt program --base --device <management bdf>
--image xilinx_u55c_gen3x16_xdma_base_2
Where management BDF is the card to be programmed. See
to
obtain the device management BDF.
Flashing can take several minutes.
IMPORTANT! Do not enter Ctrl + c in the terminal while the firmware is flashing as this can cause the
card to become inoperable.
Chapter 4: Installing the Deployment Software
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