restelli/xyce_docker_image

Dockerfile to run Xyce on Win 10, Linux and OS X

This Dockerfile builds the following packages:

Name	Release	Source repo	Description
Xyce serial	7.2.0	https://github.com/Xyce/Xyce	Circuit simulator
ADMS	2.3.6	https://github.com/Qucs/ADMS.git	Verilog A compiler
xdm_bdl	2.2.0	https://github.com/Xyce/XDM	converts netlists to xyce format

Usage

How to build

docker build -t xyce_il .

How to run interactive shell giving access to current folder

docker run \
    --mount type=bind,source="$(pwd)",target=/home/xyce/shared \
    -it \
    --rm \
    --name xyce_test \
    --net=host \
    xyce_il

On Windows

A complete guide to install Docker on Windows can be found on this link. Docker can run on Windows 10 64-bit: Pro, Enterprise, or Education (Build 17134 or higher) using Hyper-V backend, or on all distributions of Windows using WSL 2. The Xyce image has been tested only with WSL2 and following the following steps: Enable WSL and check if it is version 2.

dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart

Then check the windows version with the following command:

winver

Os build must be > 18362. If it is not it would not be possible to install Docker Desktop for Windows 10 with this method.

BIOS-level hardware virtualization support must be enabled in the BIOS settings.

dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart

Reboot the machine

Download and run the WSL Linux kernel Update

Download Docker Desktop installer and run it.

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