To install Balsa 3.3: Get: The Balsa package: http://apt.cs.manchester.ac.uk/ftp/pub/amulet/balsa/3.3/balsa-3.3.tar.gz Example technology package: http://apt.cs.manchester.ac.uk/ftp/pub/amulet/balsa/3.3/balsa-tech-example-3.3.tar.gz Espresso: http://apt.cs.manchester.ac.uk/ftp/pub/amulet/balsa/other-software/espresso-ab-1.0.tar.gz Dot (from Graphviz): http://apt.cs.manchester.ac.uk/ftp/pub/amulet/balsa/other-software/graphviz-1.10.tar.gz LARD support package: http://apt.cs.manchester.ac.uk/ftp/pub/amulet/balsa/3.3/balsa-lard-3.3.tar.gz The Balsa User Manual: http://apt.cs.manchester.ac.uk/ftp/pub/amulet/balsa/3.3/balsa-manual-3.3.pdf GTKWave: http://apt.cs.manchester.ac.uk/ftp/pub/amulet/gtkwave/2.0/gtkwave-2.0.0pre4.tar.gz 1) cd to a convenient build directory and get all the packages listed above (except perhaps balsa-lard). 2) Choose a handy installation directory, eg. /usr/local/balsa, and add that directory to your shell paths: PATH=/usr/local/balsa/bin:${PATH} LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/balsa/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH} 3) Install GTKWave, Espresso and Grpahxiz (GTKWave will need gtk+ v1.2.x, libxml2): tar xzf espresso-ab-1.0.tar.gz cd espresso-ab-1.0 ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/balsa make install cd .. tar xzf gtkwave-2.0.0pre4.tar.gz cd gtkwave-2.0.0pre4 ./configure --prefx=/usr/local/balsa make install cd .. tar xzf graphviz-1.10.tar.gz cd graphviz-1.10 ./configure --prefx=/usr/local/balsa make install 4) Check that the executables gtkwave and espresso are visible in the path which gtkwave which espresso 5) Now install the Balsa package: tar xzf balsa-3.3.tar.gz cd balsa-3.3 ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/balsa make install 6) Check that the executable balsa-config is visible which balsa-config 7) Install the example technology package tar xzf balsa-tech-example-3.3.tar.gz cd balsa-tech-example-3.3 ./configure # Note, no prefix! # Configure should find the Balsa installation make install 8) If you need balsa-lard, install the LARD 2.0.15 distribution: http://apt.cs.manchester.ac.uk/ftp/pub/amulet/lard/lard-2.0.15.tar.gz and source the lard.sh script in the LARD installation. Install the balsa-lard package in a similar way to step 7.