Merge pull request #1046 from jordancarlin/vivado_ubuntu_24

Link ncurses6 to ncurses 5 on Ubuntu 24.04 for Vivado

.github/workflows/install.yml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ on:
     paths:
       - 'bin/wally-tool-chain-install.sh'
       - 'bin/wally-distro-check.sh'
-      - 'wally-package-install.sh'
+      - 'bin/wally-package-install.sh'
   schedule:
     - cron: "0 7 * * 3" # Run at 12:00 AM Pacific Time on Wednesdays
 

bin/wally-package-install.sh

@@ -123,5 +123,14 @@ else
     eval "$UPDATE_COMMAND"
     # Install packages listed above using appropriate package manager
     sudo $PACKAGE_MANAGER install -y "${GENERAL_PACKAGES[@]}" "${GNU_PACKAGES[@]}" "${QEMU_PACKAGES[@]}" "${SPIKE_PACKAGES[@]}" "${VERILATOR_PACKAGES[@]}" "${BUILDROOT_PACKAGES[@]}" "${OTHER_PACKAGES[@]}" "${VIVADO_PACKAGES[@]}"
+
+    # Post install steps
+    # Vivado looks for ncurses5 libraries, but Ubuntu 24.04 only has ncurses6
+    # Create symbolic links to the ncurses6 libraries to fool Vivado
+    if (( UBUNTU_VERSION >= 24 )); then
+        sudo ln -vsf /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncurses.so.6 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncurses.so.5
+        sudo ln -vsf /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.6 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libntinfo.so.5
+    fi
+
     echo -e "${SUCCESS_COLOR}Packages successfully installed.${ENDC}"
 fi