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Trademarks that appear in Mentor Graphics product publications that are not owned by Mentor Graphics are trademarks of their respective owners. ============================================= HOW TO GET AND INSTALL A MODELSIM 6.4b RELEASE ============================================= *** IMPORTANT LICENSING CHANGE *** *** IMPORTANT LICENSING CHANGE *** *** IMPORTANT LICENSING CHANGE *** The 6.4 release uses the following licensing versions: FLEXnet v10.8.5; Mentor Graphics Licensing MSL v2007.3 with MGLS v8.5_0.5 and PCLS 2007.291. For this release of the product, the FLEXnet licensing software being used is version 10.8.5. For floating licenses it will be necessary to verify that the vendor daemon (i.e., mgcld) and the license server (i.e., lmgrd) have FLEXnet versions equal to or greater than 10.8.5. The vendor daemons and lmgrd that are shipped with this release will be FLEXnet version 10.8.5. If the current FLEXnet version of your vendor daemon and lmgrd are less than 10.8.5 then it will be necessary to stop your license server and restart it using the vendor daemon and lmgrd contained in this release. If you use node locked licenses you don't need to do anything. Use the following license versions: * FLEXnet v10.8.5 * MSL v2007.3 * MGLS v8.5_0.5 * PCLS 2007.291 *** DOWNLOAD/INSTALL NOTE: When downloading UNIX executables with the ".mis" file extension on a Windows box, please make sure that the "Save As Type"  is set to "All Files". This is important in order to preserve the ".mis" extension. Otherwise Windows may append the ".mis" extension with an additional extension which will cause problems with your installation. 1) Download Release You can obtain the latest ModelSim release from http://www.model.com/downloads/release.asp Click on the link to download an SE release from FTP. After filling out a user registration and accepting the license agreement, you are given instructions on how to download the latest ModelSim SE release. If you want to download a release other than the latest, visit http://www.model.com/downloads/archives.asp Never overlay a new ModelSim release over the top of an old release. Either remove the old release first or install the new release to a different location. For win32 installations always use uninstall to remove an old release. Using uninstall will remove the the old releases' registry entry. For Unix or Linux installations you can simply delete the old release. The release directory contains the following files: -- Common files -- INSTALL_NOTES This file. RELEASE_NOTES Release notes for current release. modelsim_se_install.pdf Licensing and installation details. -- For Unix or Linux -- modelsim-base.mis ModelSim base install file, contains the base functionality for all platforms. modelsim-docs.mis ModelSim documentation install file, contains manuals, help files, tech. notes, etc. install.sunos5 Mentor Graphics Install executable for Sun Ultrasparc running Solaris install.linux Mentor Graphics Install executable for x86 or x86_64 running Linux install.linux_ia64 Mentor Graphics Install executable for Itanium running Linux install.sunos5x86 Mentor Graphics Install executable for x86 or x86_64 running Solaris modelsim-sunos5.mis ModelSim platform installation files for Sun Ultrasparc running Solaris 8 and greater. modelsim-sunos5v9.mis ModelSim platform installation files for 64bit Sun Ultrasparc running Solaris 8 and greater. modelsim-sunos5x86.mis ModelSim platform installation files for x86 running Solaris 10. modelsim-sunos5x86_64.mis ModelSim platform installation files for x86_64 running Solaris 10. modelsim-linux_ia64.mis ModelSim platform installation files specific to 64-bit Itanium 2 Linux. modelsim-linux.mis ModelSim platform installation files specific to Linux Redhat 3 and greater. modelsim-linux_x86_64.mis ModelSim platform installation files specific to 64-bit AMD64/EM64T Linux. modelsim-gcc-linux.mis SystemC gcc for 32bit Linux. modelsim-gcc-linux_x86_64.mis SystemC gcc for 64bit Linux. modelsim-gcc-sunos5.mis SystemC gcc for Sun Ultrasparc Solaris. modelsim-gcc-sunos5x86.mis SystemC gcc for x86 Solaris. modelsim-gcc-3.3.1-mingw32.zip SystemC gcc 3.3.1 for Windows XP. modelsim-gcc-4.2.1-mingw32.zip SystemC gcc 4.2.1 for Windows XP and Vista. Note: The Win32 gcc is NO LONGER automatically installed when ModelSim is installed. See below installation instructions. -- For Win32 -- modelsim-win32-6.4b-se.exe ModelSim self extracting executable. 2) Install Release -- For Unix & Linux -- A complete release contains the install file, the base install file, the platform specific install file(s) for your machine type(s) and the documentation install file. The install file, the base install file, the documentation install file and all platform specific install files need to be downloaded to the same directory location. Note: The RHEL5 platform requires that you add the libXp rpm (libXp-1.0.0-8.i386.rpm in RHEL5 Base version) so that the Mentor Standard Install interface works correctly. Execute the Install file (install.) specific to the platform you are installing from to begin the installation process. If you are installing from a x86 or x86_64 desktop running Linux, use install.linux If you are installing from a x86 or x86_64 desktop running Solaris, use install.sunos5x86 If you are installing from a Sun Ultrasparc desktop running Solaris, use install.sunos5 If you are installing from a Itanium desktop running Linux, use install.linux_ia64 Use the MSI interface to install the tool to the locations required. The MSI interface provides documentation by selecting the Help button at the top of the window. Add the ModelSim executables directory to your PATH environment variable: PATH=/ where can be sunos5, sunos5v9, sunos5x86, sunos5x86_64, linux, linux_ia64, or linux_x86_64. -- For Win32 -- win32: modelsim-win32-6.4b-se.exe Double click the file to install ModelSim. ADDITIONAL SYSTEMC INSTALLATION: copy modelsim-gcc-3.3.1-mingw32.zip or modelsim-gcc-4.2.1-mingw32.zip into the folder Open up the zip file modelsim-gcc-3.3.1-mingw32.zip or modelsim-gcc-4.2.1-mingw32.zip and extract the contents into this folder. At this point, the installed modeltech directory contains all the base files, the docs files and the platform specific executables. For SystemC, it should also contain gcc executables. The pdf version of the install guide can also be found in /modeltech/docs/pdfdocs/modelsim_se_install.pdf This guide contains useful information detailing installation and licensing. Uninstalling from Win32 1) Select: Start menu > Settings > Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs 2) Select: Mentor Graphics Products, which invokes the Mentor Graphics Install program. 3) Select the product you want to uninstall 4) Click Next 5) Click Remove For information on how to obtain technical support for ModelSim, go to: http://www.model.com/support/default.asp Revision Date: Tuesday November 11, 2008 #Mentor Graphics Search Data #meta="doc.type.documentation.sys,product.version.6.4b,product.name.modelsim-se"