v2025-07-10 or later
Clone the RVX design git repository and set up a Python3 environment for RVX.
Check whether Python3 is installed and configured properly.
Resolve conflicts when multiple versions of Python3 are installed.
inst) Open a terminal.
inst) Navigate to the parent directory where you want to clone.
cmd) git clone --recursive #(design repository URL)
cmd) cd #(cloned directory)
cmd) git submodule init
cmd) git submodule update
Set the python3 command used in RVX.
cmd) cd #(cloned directory)
cmd) make check_python
cmd) cd #(cloned directory)
cmd) make config_python
inst) Verify that ‘‘rvx_python_config.mh’’ is generated.
inst) Open ‘rvx_python_config.mh’ in a text editor
> If no path is listed, manually enter the path to the executable.
> If more than one path is listed, keep only the one you intend to use and delete the others.
cmd) cd #(cloned directory)
cmd) make config_python
inst) Verify that ‘rvx_python_config.mh’ and ‘python3.bat’ are generated.
inst) Do NOT modify ‘rvx_python_config.mh’
inst) Open ‘python3.bat’ in a text editor
> If no path is listed, manually enter the path to the executable.
> If more than one path is listed, keep only the one you intend to use and delete the others.
> Do NOT remove ‘%*’ at the end of the line.
> If the directory name contains spaces, enclose it in double quotation marks as shown below.
ex) C:\Users\‘‘Kyuseung Han’’\... %*
Install python3 libaries.
cmd) make check_pip
cmd) make pip
If you encounter any issues, try:
cmd) make fix_pip
cmd) cd #(cloned directory)
cmd) make prepare
> Check that the file ./rvx_setup.sh has been created.
inst) Add the line source #(cloned directory)/rvx_setup.sh to your .bashrc.
> Be sure to replace #(cloned directory) with the absolute path before adding it.
inst) To apply the changes to .bashrc, close and reopen the terminal.
> Now, #(cloned directory) is registered as ${RVX_MINI_HOME}.
cmd) cd #(cloned directory)
cmd) make prepare
inst) Update the PATH variable
> If a message indicates that it was updated successfully, proceed to the next step.
> If a WARNING appears, manually add ‘‘#(cloned directory)\windows_binary’’ to the PATH.
inst) To apply the changes to PATH variable, close and reopen the terminal.
> Now, #(cloned directory) is registered as ${RVX_MINI_HOME}.
Check which installation process has issues
cmd) cd #(cloned directory)
cmd) make check