VM Setup Guide & how to fix Csim error in Lab1

[Sam-0403]

VM Setup Guide

The link of Ubuntu Image in Manual of setup Ubuntu 20.04+ VM doesn't work for me,
so I switched to https://www.linuxvmimages.com/images/ubuntu-2004/ (Ubuntu 20.04.4, VirtualBox Image) instead.

Vitis Installation Problem

Please download Vitis 2022.1 versions, the link can be found inside the archives link.

Otherwise, some errors might occur during the download process of Vitis 2023.1.

Lab 1 Csim error

I've encountered the following problems when I run 2022.1-Workbook-Lab1 on Ubuntu VM,

NFO: [SIM 211-4] CSIM will launch GCC as the compiler.

ERROR: [SIM 211-100] CSim file generation failed: compilation error(s).

INFO: [SIM 211-3] *************** CSIM finish ***************

INFO: [HLS 200-111] Finished Command csim_design CPU user time: 0.18 seconds. CPU system time: 0.15 seconds. Elapsed time: 0.17 seconds; current allocated memory: 0.000 MB.

5

  while executing

"source /home/john/proj/sandbox/hls/test/solution1/csim.tcl"

  invoked from within

"hls::main /home/john/proj/sandbox/hls/test/solution1/csim.tcl"

  ("uplevel" body line 1)

  invoked from within

"uplevel 1 hls::main {*}$newargs"

  (procedure "hls_proc" line 16)

  invoked from within

"hls_proc [info nameofexecutable] $argv"

INFO: [HLS 200-112] Total CPU user time: 1.73 seconds. Total CPU system time: 0.5 seconds. Total elapsed time: 1.42 seconds; peak allocated memory: 1.166 GB.

Finished C simulation.

Solution

sudo apt install build-essential -y