Netgen

Current distribution version 1.5.272

Precompiled for 64b 22.04 Ubuntu and Ubuntu-based Linux. It's also tested on a light-weight Ubuntu-variant LXLE distro. If you are interested in compiling from the source, instructions in Compiling and Installing netgen should help.

Netgen is a tool for comparing netlists, a process known as LVS, which stands for "Layout vs. Schematic". This is an important step in the integrated circuit design flow, ensuring that the geometry that has been laid out matches the expected circuit. Netgen is currently maintained by Tim Edwards (opencircuitdesign.com/netgen)

Table of Content

• Downloading & Setting Up Netgen
• Quick Start Guide

Downloading & Setting Up Netgen

• Change directory cd to install directory <INSTALL_DIR> e.g. /home/user/cad

• To download from the git repository:

  • git clone https://github.com/silicon-vlsi-org/eda-netgen

• Change directory to the installed netgen directory eg. cd eda-netgen

• Checkout the desired version: git checkout v1.5.272

  • To make sure you are on the right version type git branch and your output should have a line like this :
  • * (HEAD detached at v1.5.272)

• Add the following environment variables in your ~/.bashrc

export NETGEN_HOME=<INSTALL_DIR>/eda-netgen/glnxa64
export PATH=$PATH:$NETGEN_HOME/bin

where <INSTALL_DIR> is the directory where eda-netgen is installed e.g. /home/user/cad

Quick Start Guide

FIXME: Add examples to the repo

Release History

• v1.5.272:
  • Netgen 1.5.272 for Ubuntu 22.04
    • Compiled on linode VM running Ubuntu 22.04 kernel 5.15.0-100-generic #110-Ubuntu 03/10/24
  • Netgen 1.5.219 for CentOS7
• v1.5.185:
  • Netgen 1.5.185 for Ubuntu 18.04
    • Compiled on Linux AWS Lightsail 5.4.0-1049-aws #51~18.04.1-Ubuntu
  • Netgen 1.5.219 for CentOS7