Answers Database Foundation XABEL: "XABEL is not installed" error when synthesizing ABEL code Record #1978 Product Family: Software Product Line: Aldec Product Part: Foundation HDL Editor Product Version: 2.55 Problem Title: Foundation XABEL: "XABEL is not installed" error when synthesizing ABEL code Problem Description: Urgency: Standard General Description: When attempting to synthesize an ABEL design in the HDL Editor, you may receive an error saying that "XABEL is not installed" or that the "XACT environment is not set." Solution 1: Be sure that XABEL is installed, and that the XILINX variable and PATH are set to the directory where it is installed. For more information on installing XABEL, see (Xilinx Solution 1797). Example: If XABEL is installed in the C:\XACT directory, the XACT variable and PATH should be set as follows: SET PATH=C:\XACT;<rest_of_path> SET XACT=C:\XACT * Make sure there are no spaces around the '='. Solution 2: If you have installed the Alliance software over top of the Foundation software, you may no longer have XABEL installed since XABEL is only shipped as part of the Foundation software, not with Alliance. See (Xilinx Solution 3253) for more information on running XABEL with Alliance. Solution 3: This error can occur if XABEL is installed into the ACTIVE\EXE directory, even if it is also correctly installed in the $XILINX directory. Foundation first looks in ACTIVE\EXE for the required software, then in other directories in the PATH variable. After it finds the XABEL software, it looks at the XILINX variable to see if the location that it found the software in and the XILINX variable setting match. If these do not match, it will give the error that XABEL is not installed. So, be sure that XABEL is only installed in $XILINX and not in ACTIVE\EXE. End of Record #1978 - Last Modified: 08/06/98 11:09

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