How to install Diamond on Linux - tomas-fryza/vhdl-course GitHub Wiki

Installation

Download the latest Lattice Diamond for Linux (such as diamond_3_13-base-56-2-x86_64-linux.rpm - 1.7 GB). You will need a free Lattice account to do it.
Go to your Download folder and from right-click menu, select open terminal here. Check the MD5 sum to see if the installation file was downloaded correctly. If the checksum value is different, download the installation file again.
```
md5sum diamond_3_13-base-56-2-x86_64-linux.rpm
# Correct MD5 SUM Value is: e2a989f9d77cccf5fc3c25caf6b0b638
```

Ubuntu users, convert RPM file to DEB and run the installer.

# Convert RPM file to DEB
sudo apt update
sudo apt install alien -y
sudo alien --scripts diamond_3_13-base-56-2-x86_64-linux.rpm

# Install the DEB file
sudo dpkg -i diamond-3-13-base_3.13-57_amd64.deb

Request a free Node-locked license. You will need a free Lattice account to do it and your your 12-digit NIC (physical address) without any separator or spaces.
```
# Get your 12-digit NIC
ifconfig | grep ether
    ether 01:23:45:67:89:ab  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)

# In my case, it is `0123456789ab`
```
You will receive the licence file via email and copy it to the license directory.
```
sudo cp license.dat /usr/local/diamond/3.13/license/
```
Set the path to the licence file and add the following line to the end of ~/.bashrc file.
```
export LM_LICENSE_FILE="/usr/local/diamond/3.13/license/license.dat"
```
Reload the shell script by
```
source ~/.bashrc
```

Run the application by

/usr/local/diamond/3.13/bin/lin64/diamond &