Wednesday, February 24, 2010

yahoo messenger

OS: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala
Kernel: 2.6.32-020632-generic
Date: Feb 24th, 2010

Hi,
Everyone, for me yahoo messenger is all about IMvironments, webcam chat, smilies, audibles and silly stuff instead of just chatting. It just adds fun to chatting and thats the only reason I like yahoo messenger for a change.
Don't get me wrong here I like Empathy, Pidgin much more however I used to miss yahoo sometimes. There is a yahoo messenger for Ubuntu which provide all those features (maybe not overall but most of them), called "GYachE Improved (gyachi)".
As of recently gyachi was available only through source tar ball, however the other day I found a repository for gyachi.
So if you like yahoo messenger features and want to install it smoothly try following solution.

Open Synaptic package manager:
  • System --> Administration --> Synaptic Package Manager
Add gyachi repository
  • Settings --> Repositories --> Other Software --> Add

Add following apt line
  • ppa:loell/ppa

  • (GUI) Close Repositories window and click Reload in Synaptic Package Manger
  • OR (Terminal) sudo apt-get update

  • (GUI) Search for gyachi and mark for install --> Apply and done
  • (Terminal) sudo apt-get install gyachi

And there it is you can start enjoying gyachi from
  • Applications --> Internet --> GYachE Improved

I found this solution posted at http://jeysundar.blogspot.com/2009/11/best-yahoo-messanger-for-linux-ubuntu.html on Feb 24th 2010

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Icarus Verilog ppa installation

OS: UBUNTU 9.10 Karmic Koala
Kernel: 2.6.32-020632-generic (Reason to have development version of kernel)
Date: Feb 3rd, 2010

Hello,
As of now most impressive open source compiler and simulator for verilog would be Icarus verilog. And they have provided with ppa as well so its very easy to install now. Here are few steps to install on Karmic:

Add ppa to repository:
  • sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-electronics/ppa
Update package list
  • sudo apt-get update
Install verilog and gtkwave
  • sudo apt-get install verilog gtkwave
And you are done

Very brief tutorial (Only if you are familiar with VCS or any other tool for verilog compilation and synthesis else follow User Guide)
To compile:
  • iverilog -o [executable file name] [verilog source filename]
To execute:
  • vvp [executable file name]
Waveform (considering .vcd or .lxt (dump) are created through test bench)
  • gtkwave [.vcd/.lxt(dump) filename]
You can find complete installation guide, User guide and related stuff at http://iverilog.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Last checked Feb 3rd, 2010
I'll keep on updating this post as I'll explore through iverilog more