netgen-lvs command not found

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

netgen-lvs: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: netgen-lvs: command not found

Solutions to netgen-lvs: command not found

How To Fix netgen-lvs: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu netgen-lvs is provided by netgen-lvs package.

netgen-lvs is:

Netgen is a tool for comparing netlists, a process known as LVS, which stands for “Layout vs. Schematic”. This is an important step in the integrated circuit design flow, ensuring that the geometry that has been laid out matches the expected circuit.

Very small circuits can bypass this step by confirming circuit operation through extraction and simulation. Very large digital circuits are usually generated by tools from high-level descriptions, using compilers that ensure the correct layout geometry. The greatest need for LVS is in large analog or mixed-signal circuits that cannot be simulated in reasonable time.

Note that the executable name in Debian is ’netgen-lvs’. For details, see /usr/share/doc/netgen-lvs/README.Debian

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install netgen-lvs

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install netgen-lvs.

sudo apt -y install netgen-lvs

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install netgen-lvs

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix netgen-lvs command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.