Download Diamond 64-bit for Linux: http://www.latticesemi.com/latticediamond

Install alien:

sudo apt-get install alien

Use alien to convert rpm to a dpkg compatible with Ubuntu:

sudo alien diamond_3_4-base_x64-80-x86_64-linux.rpm 

This will take a long time. You will see warnings:

Warning: Skipping conversion of scripts in package diamond_3_4-base_x64: postinst preinst prerm
Warning: Use the --scripts parameter to include the scripts.

Now install using dpkg:

sudo dpkg --install diamond-3-4-base-x64_3.4-81_amd64.deb

We still need to run the postinstall script. To see this script run:

rpm -qp --scripts diamond_3_4-base_x64-80-x86_64-linux.rpm 

Manually run the postinstall script:

sudo su
bash
export RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local
cd $RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX/diamond/3.4_x64/cae_library; tar xzf cae_library.tar.gz; rm -f cae_library.tar.gz
cd $RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX/diamond/3.4_x64/docs; tar xzf docs.tar.gz; rm -f docs.tar.gz
cd $RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX/diamond/3.4_x64/examples; tar xzf examples.tar.gz; rm -f examples.tar.gz
cd $RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX/diamond/3.4_x64/ispfpga; tar xzf ispfpga.tar.gz; rm -f ispfpga.tar.gz
cd $RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX/diamond/3.4_x64/synpbase; tar xzf synpbase.tar.gz; rm -f synpbase.tar.gz
cd $RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX/diamond/3.4_x64/tcltk; tar xzf tcltk.tar.gz; rm -f tcltk.tar.gz
exit
exit

Diamond executable can be found in:

/usr/local/diamond/3.4_x64/bin/lin64/diamond

To install the MICO System Development tools. Download from:

• http://www.latticesemi.com/en/Products/DesignSoftwareAndIP/EmbeddedDesignSoftware/LatticeMicoSystem.aspx

You should download an .rpm called diamond_3_6-lm_x64-83-4-x86_64-linux.rpm

Follow the same install directions as above but with a different postinstall script shown below.

Manually run the postinstall script:

sudo su
bash
export RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local
export micoPath=$RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX/latticemicosystem/3.6_x64/lm
export micoDir=$RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX/latticemicosystem/3.6_x64/micosystem
if [ -e $micoPath/micosystem/LatticeMicoLauncher ] 
then
    sed -e "s?lm32path?$micoDir?" $micoPath/micosystem/LatticeMicoLauncher > $micoPath/micosystem/LatticeMicoLauncher2
    rm $micoPath/micosystem/LatticeMicoLauncher
    mv $micoPath/micosystem/LatticeMicoLauncher2 $micoPath/micosystem/LatticeMicoLauncher
fi
chmod -f 755 $micoPath/micosystem/LatticeMicoLauncher
if [ -e $micoPath/micosystem/LatticeMico.csh ] 
then
    sed -e "s?lm32path?$micoDir?" $micoPath/micosystem/LatticeMico.csh > $micoPath/micosystem/LatticeMico.cs_
    rm $micoPath/micosystem/LatticeMico.csh
    mv $micoPath/micosystem/LatticeMico.cs_ $micoPath/micosystem/LatticeMico.csh
fi
chmod -f 755 $micoPath/micosystem/LatticeMico.csh
if [ -e $micoPath/micosystem/LatticeMico.sh ] 
then
    sed -e "s?lm32path?$micoDir?" $micoPath/micosystem/LatticeMico.sh > $micoPath/micosystem/LatticeMico.sh_
    rm $micoPath/micosystem/LatticeMico.sh
    mv $micoPath/micosystem/LatticeMico.sh_ $micoPath/micosystem/LatticeMico.sh
fi
chmod -f 755 $micoPath/micosystem/LatticeMico.sh
export diamondPath=`dirname $micoPath`
if [ -e $micoPath/micosystem/mico32system.ini ] 
then
    sed -e "s?Root=.*?Root=$diamondPath?" $micoPath/micosystem/mico32system.ini > $micoPath/micosystem/mico32system.in_
    rm $micoPath/micosystem/mico32system.ini
    mv $micoPath/micosystem/mico32system.in_ $micoPath/micosystem/mico32system.ini
fi
chmod -f 755 $micoPath/micosystem/mico32system.ini
mv $micoPath/micosystem/mico32system.ini $micoPath/micosystem/latticemicosystem.ini
if [ -e $RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX/diamond/3.6_x64/bin/lin/diamond ]
then
    export temp=`dirname ${micoPath}`
    export dir=`dirname $temp`
fi
if [ -e ${micoPath}/micosystem/cp_pack ]
then
    ${micoPath}/micosystem/cp_pack 3.6 "" $RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX
    rm -f ${micoDir}/cp_pack
    rm -f ${micoDir}/post_install
    rm -r -f ${micoPath}
    if [ -e $RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX/diamond/3.6_x64/bin/lin/diamond ]
    then
        rm -r -f $dir
    fi
fi

Install some missing 32-bit libraries:

sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-0:i386 libglib2.0-0:i386 libnspr4:i386 libstdc++5:i386

The executable is called:

LatticeMicoLauncher

References:

• http://hardtechlife.com/installing-lattice-diamond-on-ubuntu-14-04/

Before programming:

    sudo chmod 777 /dev/bus/usb/003/075
    sudo /sbin/rmmod ftdi_sio
    sudo /sbin/rmmod usbserial 

To get UART working over the USB after programming the board:

    sudo modprobe usbserial
    sudo modprobe ftdi_sio
    sudo chmod 777 /dev/ttyUSB*

The default location that diamond looks for the license is at: /usr/local/diamond/3.7_x64/license/license.dat So simply rename the license file and copy it to the path; or add your own location to $LM_LICENSE_FILE environment variable. Now try 'diamondc' and hopefully it does not complain about license.

If the above setup does not work and your machine has more than 1 network card. Here are the more complicated steps,

1. Make sure that Diamond's lmutil program can find the correct hostid. Run:

/usr/local/diamond/3.7_x64/ispfpga/bin/lin64/lmutil lmhostid

If you get this error: “diamond/3.7_x64/ispfpga/bin/lin64/lmutil: No such file or directory”, ⇒ go to step 2.

Otherwise it is likely you get this message, “The FLEXnet host ID of this machine is “000000000000””,⇒ go to step 3.

2. Run

file /usr/local/diamond/3.7_x64/ispfpga/bin/lin64/lmutil

, you will see “/usr/local/diamond/3.7_x64/ispfpga/bin/lin64/lmutil: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-lsb-x86-64.so.3, for GNU/Linux 2.6.9, stripped”. It is likely the interpreter file /lib64/ld-lsb-x86-64.so.3 does not exist. So create a symbolic link from existing one:

sudo ln -s /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 /lib64/ld-lsb-x86-64.so.3

Re-run step 1.

3. Diamond's lmutil is not able to correctly detect the hostid. The following renames the network card to help lmutil to find it: - create file “/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules” - put this line in the file with hostid replaced with yours.

SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="ho:st:id:re:pl:ac", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", NAME="eth0"

4. Restart the machine and try again.

References:

• http://www.ftdichip.com/Support/Documents/AppNotes/AN_220_FTDI_Drivers_Installation_Guide_for_Linux%20.pdf