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+NGHDL Executable (Ubuntu OS)
+====
+
+> Note: It is not updated for the recently ported GUI to PyQt5 and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Currently, packaging for Ubuntu OS is done directly with the source code and not the executable.
+
+It contains the documentation for making NGHDL executable using PyInstaller on Ubuntu 16.04 and above.
+
+
+## Freeze NGHDL source code:
+
+1. Download `virtualenv` package and create virtual environment as:
+
+        $ pip install virtualenv
+        $ virtualenv -p /usr/bin/python3 nghdl
+
+            OR
+        
+        $ sudo apt install -y python3-venv
+        $ python3 -m venv nghdl
+
+2. Activate the virtual environment as:
+    
+        $ source nghdl/bin/activate
+
+3. Install all Python dependencies for NGHDL within the virtual environment as:
+
+        $ pip install wheel
+        $ pip install pyinstaller
+        $ pip install --upgrade 'setuptools<45.0.0'
+        $ sudo apt install build-essential python3-dev libqt4-dev qt4-dev-tools
+        $ mkdir nghdl/build
+        $ cd nghdl/build/
+        $ wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/pyqt/files/PyQt4/PyQt-4.12.3/PyQt4_gpl_x11-4.12.3.tar.gz
+        $ wget https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/static/Downloads/sip/4.19.21/sip-4.19.21.tar.gz
+        $ tar xzvf sip-4.19.21.tar.gz
+        $ tar xvzf PyQt4_gpl_x11-4.12.3.tar.gz
+        $ cd sip-4.19.21/
+        $ python configure.py --sip-module PyQt4.sip
+        $ make
+        $ make install
+        $ cd ../PyQt4_gpl_x11-4.12.3/
+        $ python configure.py
+        $ make
+        $ make install
+
+4. Now uninstall PyQt4, sip, matplotlib, numpy, dateutil and cycler globally (if any).
+
+5. Test whether only NGHDL dependencies are available or not:
+
+        $ pip freeze
+
+> Note : Following dependencies should be available -
+>   - PyQt4
+>   - sip
+
+6. Create spec file as:
+
+        $ pyi-makespec --onefile -n nghdl <path_to_nghdl>/src/ngspice_ghdl.py
+
+7. Add `PyQt4.sip` as hiddenimports in the generated spec file.
+
+8. Create onefile executable using pyinstaller as:
+        
+        $ pyinstaller -F --clean nghdl.spec
+
+9. Verify whether all NGHDL `src` files (`*.py`) have been included in `Analysis-00.toc` file under the build folder generated by PyInstaller.
+
+
+## Fully-Static Bundled Version of NGHDL:
+
+1. To create a [fully-static bundled version](https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/wiki/FAQ#GNULinux) of NGHDL (through PyInstaller), use a tool like [StaticX](https://github.com/JonathonReinhart/staticx/).
+
+2. To create fully-static NGHDL :
+
+    - Activate the virtual environment as:
+    
+        $ source nghdl/bin/activate
+
+    - Install StaticX as:
+
+        $ pip install staticx
+        $ pip install patchelf-wrapper
+
+    - Create static NGHDL as:
+
+        $ staticx /path/to/executable/nghdl /path/to/output/executable/nghdl
+
+3. To verify if all dynamic libraries are removed :
+    
+    - Type following command in a terminal :
+
+        $ ldd path/to/output/executable/nghdl
+
+    - Output of above command should be similar to `    not a dynamic executable`