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Installing MAGIC VLSI Layout tool in Ubuntu (Method I)

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Update (30/09/2013): Now magic can be installed directly from synaptic package manager (So no need of the steps in orange color)-- Mr. Amaldev V, IITB

 Courtesy: Mr. Manu Velayudhan, IITB (e-mail)

 Verified with: Ubuntu 10.04 (32 & 64 bit)

 Installing Packages:

sudo apt-get install m4 tcl-dev tk-dev blt freeglut3 libglut3 libgl1-mesa-dev libglu1-mesa-dev csh  

Installing magic:
Download magic-7.5.225.tgz from http://opencircuitdesign.com/magic/

     cd Downloads/
    tar xzf magic-7.5.225.tgz
    cd magic-7.5.225/  
    ./configure
    sudo make
    sudo make install

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Possible errors:
During installation of magic in ubuntu 10.04 32 bit instide Virtual box in windows 7, after make install step we got the error

root@ubuntu:/home/vineeth/Downloads/magic-7.5.226# sudo make install
--- installing executable to /usr/local/bin
--- installing runtime files to /usr/local/lib
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lstdc++
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [tclmagic.so] Error 1


We changed the libstdc++.so.6 in /usr/lib/vmware-tools/lib32 to libstdc++.so.Still it did not work

then we changed libstdc++.so.6 in /usr/lib/vmware-tools/lib32/libstdc++.so.6 to libstdc++.so then it worked.:)

Note: Or if you find similar errors, type 'locate ' in terminal. Then you can find the location of the file libstdc++.so.6. There may be more than one location. Make one copy of the file at desktop and rename it to libstdc++.so and then copy the same to the locations where we there is libstdc++.so.6 one by one. After each replacement try ' sudo make install' in terminal. Repeat the procedure until it works.

Update (23/09/2014): The location of the libstdc++.so.6 varies with the OS. Thanks to Reshma Krishnan for pointing it out. (Eg : /usr/lib/i686... ). Use 'locate' command to find out the correct location

Screenshots of commands (23/09/2014):

Finding the location of libstdc++.so.6

Making a copy of the above file with name libstdc++.so

Installing magic
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Comments and suggestions are most welcome :)

Comments

  1. vineeshvsSeptember 26, 2013 at 9:42 AM

    Latest version of MAGIC (7.5.233) can be downloaded in following link.
    http://opencircuitdesign.com/magic/archive/magic-7.5.233.tgz

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  2. vineeshvsSeptember 27, 2013 at 4:22 AM

    hi all,
    Now you can install MAGIC directly from 'synaptic package manager'. No need for all these steps

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    1. UnknownDecember 10, 2013 at 5:30 AM

      but how to do it can u pls explain
      i already have a version of magic installed through synaptic manager but then then the file ext2spic.so doesnt work

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    2. vineeshvsDecember 19, 2013 at 11:38 PM

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    3. vineeshvsDecember 19, 2013 at 11:40 PM

      You may uninstall that one and follow the steps in orange color then. Please post the results. Thanks

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    4. UnknownApril 16, 2014 at 10:51 PM

      Thank you. I am running ubuntu 12.04 LTS on my laptop. After installing the
      required dependencies, I installed magic through synaptic package manager.
      Howerver like Rahul, I got ext2spice.so error.

      I reinstalled magc from opencircuitdesign.com (using commands in Orange),
      and now everything is smooth.

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    5. vineeshvsApril 19, 2014 at 7:00 AM

      @Srinivas : Thanks for your feedback :)

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  3. vineeshvsSeptember 30, 2013 at 9:45 PM

    But you still need to install other packages for 'magic' to run properly.

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  4. vineeshvsOctober 4, 2013 at 1:48 AM

    The name of some of the packages will be different if you are using latest version of Ubuntu.

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