Verilator Fedora Installation Procedure..

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Steps to install Verilator

(open terminal in fedora by right click )

sudo dnf install verilator *sudo dnf install git help2man perl python3 make autoconf g++ flex bison ccache
sudo dnf install libgoogle-perftools-dev numactl perl-doc
git clone https://github.com/verilator/verilator
unset VERILATOR_ROOT # For bash
unsetenv VERILATOR_ROOT # For csh
cd verilator
autoconf
/configure
make
sudo make install
sudo dnf install gtkwave

Steps to run Verilator

verilator --binary < filename >.sv

( For more arguments: https://verilator.org/guide/latest/exe_verilator.html# )

For including waveforms: verilator --binary --trace < filename >.sv

(Note: Make sure you include $dumpfile(“dump.vcd”); $dumpvars; in your testbench file.)

Once the target has been verilated, an object will be generated in /obj_dir/.
Run the object: ./obj_dir/V < filename >
Access waveforms: gtkwave dump.vcd