LEAP orchestrates many CAD tools as a part of its integrated build flow. For LEAP to use these tools, they must be installed and available in your executable path. LEAP attempts to make use of vendor-specific environment variables for its internal tool management. Generally, new environment variables need not be set, with the exception of those listed below.

LEAP supports the following build tools:

• Bluespec
• ISE
• Synplify
• Vivado
• Vivado_HLS (partial)
• Quartus II
• VCS
• IVerilog

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The first step in installing LEAP is installing AWB. AWB is a build management system, which LEAP uses to organize user projects. Once AWB is installed, you can proceed to checkout the core LEAP libraries:

awb-shell create workspace tutorial
awb-shell checkout package leap
awb-shell checkout package leap-platforms
awb-shell checkout package leap-multifpga

LEAP’s core libraries are installed, and we can now proceed to building a test application.

Once LEAP is installed, these slides give a detailed description of building and running the Hello Wolrd program.