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Build from sources locally

Clone and Install Dependencies

The setup.sh script installs all of the dependencies, including OpenROAD dependencies, if they are not already installed.

Supported configurations are: CentOS 7, Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04, RHEL 8, Debian 10 and Debian 11.

git clone --recursive https://github.com/The-OpenROAD-Project/OpenROAD-flow-scripts
cd OpenROAD-flow-scripts
sudo ./setup.sh

Build

./build_openroad.sh --local

:::{Note} There is a build_openroad.log file that is generated with every build in the main directory. In case of filing issues, it can be uploaded in the "Relevant log output" section of OpenROAD-flow-scripts repo issue form. :::

Verify Installation

The binaries should be available on your $PATH after setting up the environment. The make command runs from RTL-GDSII generation for default design gcd with nangate45 PDK.

source ./env.sh
yosys -help
openroad -help
cd flow
make

You can view final layout images in OpenROAD GUI using this command.

make gui_final

gcd_final.webp

Compiling and debugging in Visual Studio Code

Set up environment variables using dev_env.sh, then start Visual Studio Code. Please ensure CMake plugins are installed.

. ./dev_env.sh
code tools/OpenROAD/