Roger Peel's WebPACK Hints

Installing Xilinx WebPack 5.2 to run under Wine on Linux

I'm using Wine version 20030219, but most recent ones seem to behave similarly. My Linux system is RedHat 6.2, with a recent (2.4.20) kernel and updated utilities.

Install the WebPack software into /opt/webpack52:

* mkdir /opt/webpack52
  chmod go+rx /opt/webpack52
  chown username /opt/webpack52


* mkdir /tmp/webpack
  cd /tmp/webpack
  unzip ~/down/WebPACK_52_fcfull_i.exe

* delete $HOME/.wine-webpack/system.reg 
         $HOME/.wine-webpack/user.reg 
         $HOME/.wine-webpack/userdef.reg
   ... if you are re-installing /opt/webpack52

* Set the following in $HOME/.wine-webpack/config

    [Drive O]
    "Path" = "/opt"
    "Type" = "network"
    "Label" = "opt"
    "Filesystem" = "win95"


    [Drive W]
    "Path" = "/opt/webpack52"
    "Type" = "network"
    "Label" = "webpack52"
    "Filesystem" = "win95"


    [Drive E]
    "Path" = "/tmp"
    "Type" = "hd"
    "Serial" = "d073b297"
    "Label" = "Tmp Drive"


    "Path" = ".;w:\\bin\\nt;

* wine setup.exe
  select o:/webpack52 as destination directory




Notes on installation:

* The setup.exe installer does not run to a successful completion if it 
  is told to install into a drive-letter path specification - i.e. installing
  into w: will not work.  Similarly, the XILINX environment variable
  must be set to o:/webpack52, not w:

* setup.exe appears to stall [at 25% complete, according to the progress bar].
  'du /opt/webpack52' shows that it is still, slowly, creating files.
  Be patient!

* /opt/webpack52/fileset.txt is created at the end of the setup.exe run,
  after several error messages related to the Java installation.
  Respond to these messages without asking for a Wine debugging session!


If need be, create the file /opt/webpack52/fileset.txt manually as follows:

   
Fri Apr 11 02:48:24 GST 2003:: product=ISE WebPACK
Fri Apr 11 02:48:24 GST 2003:: version=5.2i
Fri Apr 11 02:48:24 GST 2003:: Registration_ID=949709029109
Fri Apr 11 02:48:24 GST 2003:: summary=Location: O:\webpack52
Fri Apr 11 02:48:24 GST 2003:: summary=CPLD Design Environment
Fri Apr 11 02:48:24 GST 2003:: summary=CPLD Programming Tools
Fri Apr 11 02:48:24 GST 2003:: summary=XPower and ChipViewer Tools
Fri Apr 11 02:48:24 GST 2003:: summary=FPGA Design Environment
Fri Apr 11 02:48:24 GST 2003:: summary=FPGA Programming Tools
Fri Apr 11 02:48:24 GST 2003:: summary=Parallel Cable Drivers
Fri Apr 11 02:48:24 GST 2003:: summary=MultiLINX Cable Driver
Fri Apr 11 02:48:24 GST 2003:: summary=Documentation



Then copy wine 5_2_01i_pc.exe into a directory that is listed in Wine's 
config file and run it    
     cp 5_2_01i_pc.exe /tmp/webpack
     cd /tmp/webpack
     wine 5_2_01i_pc.exe