Installing Microchip Tools via podman or docker

• Download the Libero and SoftConsole installers
• Request a License from Microchip
• Install the license
• Build the container
• Create a podman network
• Run libero from inside the container
• Running Libero from outside the container

Download the Libero and SoftConsole installers

• Download Libero from here.
• Place it in ./installers/
• Download SoftConsole from here.
• Place it in ./installers/

Unzip libero:

cd installers
unzip Libero_soc_*.*_web_lin.zip
cd ..

TODO Request a License from Microchip

Install the license

mv /path/to/License.dat ./licenses/.

Open the license in a text editor and change these lines:

SERVER <put.hostname.here> <your mac address> 1702
DAEMON actlmgrd  PATH/actlmgrd
DAEMON mgcld PATH/mgcld
VENDOR snpslmd  PATH/snpslmd

to

SERVER LPOD <your mac address> 1702
DAEMON actlmgrd  /opt/microchip/Libero_SoC_v2024.1/Libero/bin64/actlmgrd
DAEMON mgcld /opt/microchip/Libero_SoC_v2024.1/Libero/bin64/mgcld
VENDOR snpslmd  /opt/microchip/Libero_SoC_v2024.1/Libero/bin64/snpslmd

Your mac address should already be placed there so don't worry about that.

Build the container

podman build -t microchip_tools .

Create a podman network

podman network create

The next steps assume this network name is podman1, the default first network name. If you need to name it something else, change the --network line in the makefile target. This will be polished later.

Run libero from inside the container

make bash

You should now be root inside of your running container. It should now be as simple as calling libero.

TODO Running Libero from outside the container