EEC 116 - CAD Environment Setup

1) Recommended Method

Log into an ECE Linux computer and perform the following tasks:

Type the following line in any terminal window:
ln -s /software/magic/116/DOT.magic ~/.magicrc

Edit your existing ~/.cshrc file (or create a new one) in your home directory and add the following line to the end of the file:
source /software/magic/116/DOT2.cshrc
1. Use your favorite editor or another such as one of these:
  gedit ~/.cshrc
  vim ~/.cshrc (vim is a great unix editor, with a long learning curve however; type "ZZ" to quit)
2. Paste the line above into the file and save it.
Add the following line to the end of your ~/.Xdefaults file to keep irsim from printing white on white or black on black:
irsim.traceColor: black
irsim.background: white

The edits affect only new windows, so you will need to close and re-open any terminals windows or type source ~/.cshrc before magic will work.

2) Custom Local Installation for Windows computers (generally not recommended unless option #1 is not possible)

This approach uses a local installation of magic and irsim on a windows computer to run the linux applications by running a local copy of linux (Ubuntu). The procedure was developed by Phil Young.

Through the Microsoft Windows Store, users can install "Ubuntu for Windows" for free.

By running magic locally, students can bypass the VPN/SSH/VNC connections and work on their labs in real-time speeds.

*** INSTALLING MAGIC ON A PC VIA UBUNTU FOR WINDOWS **
source: http://blog.asicedu.com/2018/10/installation-opensource-eda-tools.html

INSTALL UNIX FOR WINDOWS WITH POWERSHELL
search for Powershell, run as administrator
run command.   dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart
reboot

INSTALL UBUNTU FROM WINDOWS STORE
Windows Store:  Install Ubuntu 18.04LTS (you do not need a Microsoft account
to download/install. It appears that you have to login to a Microsoft account
to download, but you can download the 'Ubuntu for Windows' package without
entering credentials for a Microsoft account.)

create Ubuntu Unixusername
create Ubuntu Unixpassword

INSTALL UPDATES AND MAGIC AND GUI TOOLS
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install magic
sudo apt-get install xcircuit
sudo apt-get install irsim
sudo apt-get install qrouter
sudo apt-get install qflow
sudo apt-get install pcb
sudo apt-get install python3.6
sudo apt-get install python3.6-tk
sudo apt-get install xinit
sudo apt install vim vim-gtk3 vim-tiny neovim-qt vim-athena vim-gtk vim-nox

MAKE EEC116 DIRECTORY AND SET YOUR DISPLAY
mkdir EEC116
export DISPLAY=:0

DOWNLOAD MAGIC FILES FOR EEC116
open MobaXterm (or WinSCP)
SSH to ECE Linux workstation, i.e. cobra.ece.ucdavis.edu
On the left panel of MobaXTerm, navigate to /software/classtools/EEC116/magic/lib/magic/
right-click on "sys", select Download

Copy, via drag-n-drop, the "sys" directory to your EEC116 Ubuntu directory:
C:\Users\Unixusername\AppData\Local\Packages\CanonicalGroupLimited.Ubuntu18.04onWindows_79rhkp1fndgsc\LocalState\rootfs\home\Unixusername\EEC116

In Ubuntu, you need to alter the file permissions.
cd /home/Unixusername/EEC116
sudo chmod -R 644 sys
sudo chmod 744 sys

CHANGE DIRECTORY TO SYS AND LAUNCH MAGIC
cd sys
(you should be in the /home/Unixusername/EEC116/sys directory)

Launch Magic:
magic -T gdsquery.tech &
magic -T scmosWR.tech &

3) Custom Installation circa ~2015 (not recommended)

The following instructions are for advanced users--users who want to build the magic binaries and install magic in their own home directory.

Go to http://opencircuitdesign.com/magic/download.html
Download the stable distribution of magic (Magic 7.5) called magic-7.5.175.tgz
Move this tar ball to your /tmp directory
Go to the /tmp directory and type tar -xf magic-7.5.175.tgz to unzip the tar ball
This should create a new directory called magic-7.5.175.tgz
Go to that directory and type the following set of commands on the terminal:
./configure --prefix=/tmp/magic-build
make
make install
This should build the magic binaries in the folder /tmp/magic-build/
Copy the magic-build folder to your home directory
Configure the $CAD_ROOT environmental variable so that magic knows where to look for the technology files. To do this type:
setenv CAD_ROOT /home/username/magic-build/lib
where you should replace the 'username' with your own username
Copy or link the SCN6M_DEEP.09 technology file to your /home/USERNAME/magic-build/lib/magic/sys directory. For example, a machine with access to pizza would require only the following command to create the necessary symbolic link:
ln -s /net/pizza/tools/magic/116/eec116_config/SCN6M_DEEP.09.tech27-116 ~/magic-build/lib/magic/sys/SCN6M_DEEP.09
Once this is done, go to /home/username/magic-build/bin/ and type the following to test your installation:
./magic -T SCN6M_DEEP.09
It is then advisable to create an alias so magic can be run in any directory. Normally aliases are placed into either a .alias file (if one exists) or the .cshrc file.
If everything went well, magic should be up and running now.

EEC 116 | B. Baas | ECE Dept. | UC Davis

2005/04/08, 18:00  Updated for Spring 2005
2006/04/06, 17:45  Updated for Spring 2006
2006/04/12, 09:45  Added more .cshrc info
2007/03/29, 10:00  Added nedit and vim plus a few small edits
2009/04/10, 11:30  Added the instructions to install magic for advanced users (Swapnil)
2010/01/15, 00:30  Moved path to /net/pizza/...  (BB)
2010/01/15, 15:00  Added .magicrc to new installation with symbolic link command  (BB)
2013/10/03, 16:00  Minor update (BB)
2013/11/30, 15:00  Fix typo (BB)
2014/10/13, 18:45  Comments on suspected automount problem (BB)
2014/10/22         Cosmetic edits (BB)
2017/10/05         Updated editors (TA,BB)
2018/09/26         Minor edits (BB)
2018/11/21         Added irsim.background command (BB)
2019/10/09         Removed references to pizza and cleaned up a little (BB)