Instructions for installing AMD Vivado 2025.2 onto Linux Mint 21.3
The installion of Vivado 2025.2 requires the libraries "libtinfo5" and "libncurses5" in order to successfully complete the installation. Neither of these libraries are installed by default on Linux Mint 21.3 and are not included in the installation package from AMD. Also, simulation may not work if GCC utilis aren't installed so the "build-essentials" package may be needed to solve that issue. To install all of the missing libraries and tools, execute the following command in a command line terminal.
sudo apt-get install libtinfo5 libncurses5 build-essentials
To install the AMD Vivado 2025.2 package, run the "xsetup" script in a command line terminal.
./xsetup
In order to install the drive for the Xilinx Platform Cable USB II programmer, make sure the device is disconnected from the computer. In a command line terminal and navigate to "(vivado installation path) /Vivado/data/xicom/cable_drivers/lin64/install_script/install_drivers" and execute the following command.
sudo ./install_drivers
(NOTE: If programmer was plugged-in during installation, disconnecting and reconnecting it will probably get it working. If not ,a system should make it work.)
The software suite and programmer should now be installed and working.