Installing and Launching XSCT on Linux

Xilinx Software Command-line Tool (XSCT) can be installed using the small self-extracting web install executable binary distribution file. The installer file bears the name Xilinx_SDK_<version>_Lin64.BIN, where <version> indicates the Xilinx Software Development Kit (Xilinx SDK) version number.

Note: The procedure for installing XSCT on Linux depends on which Linux distribution you are using. Ensure that the installation folder has the appropriate permissions. In addition, your project workspace needs to be set up in any folder that you can fully access.

To install XSCT, launch the terminal and change the permission of the self-extracting binary executable.
```
$ chmod +x Xilinx_SDK_<version>_Lin64.BIN
```
Start the installation process or run the .BIN file.
```
./Xilinx_SDK_<version>_Lin64.BIN
```
The installer accepts your login credentials and allows you to select specific tool components. The client then automatically downloads only what you have selected and installs it on your local machine.
In the Select Edition to Install window, select the Xilinx Software Command-Line Tool (XSCT) option to install XSCT as a seperate command-line tool only. Alternatively, you can also select the Xilinx Software Development Kit (XSDK) option to install XSCT as a part of the Xilinx SDK, an Eclipse-based integrated development environment.
Unless you choose otherwise, XSCT is installed in the /opt/Xilinx directory.
To launch XSCT on Linux, select Applications > Other and then select Xilinx Software Command Line Tool <version>. Where <version> is the version number of the XSCT.
You can also launch XSCT from the command line.
```
cd /opt/Xilinx/SDK/<version>/bin
./xsct
```

To view the available command-line options, issue the help command at the XSCT command prompt.

****** Xilinx Software Commandline Tool (XSCT) 

    ** Copyright 1986-2016 Xilinx, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

xsct% help
Available Help Categories

connections   - Target Connection Management
registers     - Target Registers
running       - Program Execution
memory        - Target Memory
download      - Target Download FPGA/BINARY
reset         - Target Reset
breakpoints   - Target Breakpoints/Watchpoints
streams       - Jtag UART
miscellaneous - Miscellaneous
jtag          - JTAG Access
sdk           - SDK Projects
petalinux     - Petalinux commands
hsi           - HSI commands

Type "help" followed by above "category" for more details or
help" followed by the keyword "commands" to list all the commands

xsct%