XRT and Deployment Package Installation
Procedures on Ubuntu
Note: When installing XRT on Ubuntu, if the 2015 version of pyopencl is installed on your system, you
must uninstall it. The XRT installaon will install the 2019 version of pyopencl and will return an error if
the 2015 version is installed. For more informaon, see Xilinx Answer Record 73055.
Use the following steps to download and install the XRT and deployment plaorm using a .deb
installaon package.
For details on upgrading or downgrading the XRT and deployment package, see Appendix A:
Changing XRT and Target Plaorm Versions.
IMPORTANT! The installaon packages referenced here are updated regularly and the le names frequently
change. If you copy and paste any commands from this user guide, be sure to update the placeholders in those
commands to match the downloaded packages.
IMPORTANT! Les packages d'installaon référencés ici sont mis à jour régulièrement et les noms de chier
changent fréquemment. Si vous copiez et collez des commandes de ce guide, veillez à mere à jour les espaces
réservés dans ces commandes pour qu'ils correspondent aux packages téléchargés.
WICHTIG! Die hier genannten Installaonspakete werden regelmäßig aktualisiert und die Dateinamen ändern
sich häug. Wenn Sie Befehle aus diesem Benutzerhandbuch kopieren und einfügen, müssen Sie die Platzhalter
in diesen Befehlen entsprechend den heruntergeladenen Paketen aktualisieren.
1. Download both the XRT and deployment installaon packages associated with your card
from the Geng Started tab in one of the following locaons:
• Alveo U200 Product Page
• Alveo U250 Product Page
• Alveo U280 Product Page
2. Install the XRT installaon package by running the following command from within the
directory where the installaon packages reside. <version> is the laer part of the
installaon package le name.
$ sudo apt install ./xrt_<version>.deb
This will install the XRT along with any necessary dependencies. Follow the instrucons
when prompted throughout the installaon.
3. Install the deployment installaon packages required for the card:
$ sudo apt install ./xilinx-<card>-<version>.deb
Chapter 4: Installing the Deployment Software
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