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Install Digilent Adept 2 Runtime

Supported Platforms: Linux®

Digilent® Adept 2 Runtime contains the libraries needed to use the Digilent download cable on Linux operating systems.

Download Digilent Adept 2 Runtime Installer

Download the latest version of the Digilent Adept 2 Runtime installer from the Digilent website at Adept 2 - Digilent Reference. Click on the installer link, follow the instructions, and set Operating System to Linux 64-bit Zip. The installer is in the TAR.GZ format.

Install Digilent Adept 2 Runtime

Install Digilent Adept 2 Runtime by entering the following commands in the terminal.

  1. Switch to the root user.

    sudo su
    Enter the password for the root user.

  2. Create the /tmp/digilent_install installation directory.

    root@user:/home/user# mkdir -p /tmp/digilent_install

  3. Copy the downloaded Digilent Adept 2 Runtime installer to the directory you created for the purpose of installation. For example, if you downloaded the Runtime version 2.26.1, copy the digilent.adept.runtime_2.26.1-x86_64.tar.gz file to the /tmp/digilent_install directory.

    Note

    The version part of the installer file name (2.26.1) changes from one version to the next.

  4. Change the directory to /tmp/digilent_install.

    root@user:/home/user# cd /tmp/digilent_install

  5. Make the tar file executable. For example, if you are making the digilent.adept.runtime_2.26.1-x86_64.tar.gz file executable, in the terminal, type:

    root@user:/tmp/digilent_install# chmod +x \ 
> digilent.adept.runtime_2.26.1-x86_64.tar.gz

  6. Decompress the installer. For example, if you are decompressing the digilent.adept.runtime_2.26.1-x86_64.tar.gz file, in the terminal, type:

    root@user:/tmp/digilent_install# tar -xvzf \ 
> digilent.adept.runtime_2.26.1-x86_64.tar.gz

  7. Change the directory to the one whose name starts with digilent.adept.runtime. For example, if you are installing Digilent Adept 2 Runtime version 2.26.1, in the terminal, type:

    root@user:/tmp/digilent_install# cd \
> digilent.adept.runtime_2.26.1-x86_64

  8. Make the install script executable. For example, if you are installing Digilent Adept 2 Runtime version 2.26.1, in the terminal, type:

    root@user:/tmp/digilent_install/digilent.adept.runtime_2.26.1-x86_64# \
> chmod +x install.sh

  9. Run the install script. For example, if you are installing Digilent Adept 2 Runtime version 2.26.1, in the terminal, type:

    root@user:/tmp/digilent_install/digilent.adept.runtime_2.26.1-x86_64# \
> ./install.sh

  10. The Digilent Adept 2 Runtime installer displays the log information in the terminal. The installer asks you in which directory to install the libraries, system binaries, data files, and Adept Runtime Configuration file. Select the default directories by pressing the Enter key. To confirm the successful installation of the libraries on the /usr/lib64 path, in the terminal, type:

    # ls -l /usr/lib64/digilent/adept

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