venv based setup

Dependencies

sudo apt-get install python3-virtualenv

Note

If you get the warning ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'virtualenv' or errors when installing the requirements, you have to install the dependencies for your specific python version. For Python 3.12 use

sudo apt-get install python3.12-virtualenv

Note

If you are using an older version than Ubuntu 24.04, you may need to install tkinter. Otherwise, you might get the warning ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'tkinter'.

sudo apt-get install python3-tk

FABulous repository

git clone https://github.com/FPGA-Research/FABulous

Virtual environment

We recommend using python virtual environments for the usage of FABulous. If you are not sure what this is and why you should use it, please read the virtualenv documentation.

cd FABulous
virtualenv venv
source venv/bin/activate

Now there is a (venv) at the beginning of your command prompt. You can deactivate the virtual environment with the deactivate command. Please note, that you always have to enable the virtual environment with source venv/bin/activate to use FABulous.