Compile and Install of the GTKWave Tool

This repository contains a make file for easy compile and install of GTKWave. GTKWave is a waveform viewer for LXT, LXT2, VZT, FST, GHW, VCD and EVCD files that are typically generated by digital simulation tools such as: Icarus Verilog, ModelSim, Xilinx ISim, Xilinx XSim

This make file can build the GTKWave tool on the following systems:

• Linux
• Windows
  • MSYS2/mingw64
  • MSYS2/mingw32

Get Source Code

ed_gtkwave

git clone https://github.com/embed-dsp/ed_gtkwave.git

GTKWave

# Enter the ed_gtkwave directory.
cd ed_gtkwave

# Edit the Makefile for selecting the GTKWave source version.
vim Makefile
PACKAGE_VERSION = 3.3.119

# Download GTKWave source package into src/ directory.
make download

Build

# Unpack source code into build/ directory.
make prepare

# Configure source code.
make configure

# Clean any old build artifacts before compiling.
make clean

# Compile source code using 8 simultaneous jobs (Default).
make compile

Install

Linux

# Install build products.
sudo make install

The GTKWave package installs correctly according to the GNU Coding Standards. The build products are installed in the following locations:

opt/
└── gtkwave/
    └── gtkwave-3.3.119/    # prefix:
        ├── linux_x86_64/   # exec_prefix: 64-bit binaries and libraries for Linux
        │   └── bin/        # bindir:
        │       ├── gtkwave
        │       ...
        └── share/          # datadir: Architecture independent data files.
            ...

Windows: MSYS2/mingw64 & MSYS2/mingw32

# Install build products.
make install

/c/opt/
└── gtkwave/
    └── gtkwave-3.3.119/    # prefix:
        ├── mingw64_x86_64/ # exec_prefix: 64-bit binaries and libraries for MSYS2/mingw64 on a 64-bit Windows
        │   └── bin/        # bindir:
        │       ├── gtkwave
        │       ...
        ├── mingw32_x86_64/ # exec_prefix: 32-bit binaries and libraries for MSYS2/mingw32 on a 64-bit Windows
        │   └── bin/        # bindir:
        │       ├── gtkwave
        │       ...
        └── share/          # datadir: Architecture independent data files.
            ...

Tested System Configurations

System	OS
linux	Fedora-40 64-bit
mingw64	Windows-10 64-bit
mingw32	Windows-10 64-bit

Prerequisites

Fedora-40 64-bit

sudo dnf install gcc-c++

sudo dnf install zlib
sudo dnf install zlib-devel

sudo dnf install bzip2
sudo dnf install bzip2-devel

sudo dnf install xz
sudo dnf install xz-devel

sudo dnf install tcl
sudo dnf install tcl-devel

sudo dnf install tk
sudo dnf install tk-devel

sudo dnf install gtk2
sudo dnf install gtk2-devel

MSYS2

FIXME: gperf, flex, bison
FIXME: tcl, tk
FIXME: xlib, bzlib, xz