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authorTristan Gingold2015-09-13 16:03:14 +0200
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Building GHDL (Short instructions)
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-You need GNAT for x86 (32 bits). See below for instructions
+If you aren't on linux, see below for full instructions.
+You need GNAT GPL 2014 (or later) for x86 (32 bits). GNAT is the GNU Ada
+compiler and GNAT GPL is very easy to install (just untar and run the
+doinstall script).
+
+In the GHDL source directory, configure and build:
$ ./configure
$ make
@@ -56,6 +61,7 @@ Here is a short comparaison:
As GCC is written in Ada, you need to use the GNU Ada compiler (GNAT).
I recommend to use GNAT GPL from http://libre.adacore.com (free).
+GHDL was tested with GNAT GPL 2014. Any later version should work.
If you build with the mcode backend, you need an i386 version of GNAT.
Building with mcode backend