This is an issue with dash in ubuntu, if you change your shell from dash to bash it interprets the perl scripts properly.
Have you followed these steps when setting up your tools flow? https://casper.berkeley.edu/wiki/MSSGE_Setup_with_Xilinx_14.x_and_Matlab_2012b Particularly this step: The syntax in the Xilinx Perl scripts is not supported under the Ubuntu default shell Dash. Change the symbolic link sh -> dash to sh -> bash: - cd /bin/ - sudo rm sh - sudo ln -s bash sh Wesley New South African SKA Project +2721 506 7300 www.ska.ac.za On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 12:58 PM, James Smith <jsm...@ska.ac.za> wrote: > Haven't encountered that specific issue before but I see a capital letter > in your path. That may be an issue. > On 11 Feb 2016 12:44, "Mugundhan vijayaraghavan" < > v.vaishnav151...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello guys, >> >> I'm running matlab/xilinx and mssge tools on a ubuntu 14.04 system. When >> I do casper_xps and start compiling, I get this strange error. >> >> standard exception: XNetlistEngine: >> Exception message could not be parsed: >> com.xilinx.sysgen.netlist.NetlistInternal: couldn't open first pass text >> file at >> /home/mugundhan/casper_designs/tut1/sysgen/sysgen/masterScript3888976111602024584.pl >> line 559' >> >> >> Reported by: >> Unspecified >> >> Has anyone got this before ? >> >> Is there any workaround ? >> >> >> -- >> the giver of moksha >> >
