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+## What to do to be able to get the NetFPGA running
+
+* State as of 2019-05-10.
+* With Ubuntu 19.04
+* Vivado 2018.3
+* SDNET 2018.2
+
+There are a variety of hard coded scripts flying around in the
+Internet, so try to stick to the proposed paths below.
+
+Various things are likely to fail on your path, so take a good bag of
+good nerves.
+
+
+### Get Vivado, SDNET
+
+* Go xilinx.com
+* Create an account
+* Browse/dig through the website until you find a HUGE sdnet download
+* Browse/dig through the website until you find a REALLY HUGE vivado
+  download
+
+### Install SDNnet
+
+* Unpack the file, run xsetup, put stuff below /opt/Xilinx
+
+### Install Vivado
+
+* Install libtinfo5 manually (if you don't, the vivado install hangs
+  forever)
+* Unpack the file, run xsetup, put stuff below /opt/Xilinx
+
+### Install NetPFGA support
+
+```
+mkdir -p ~/projects
+cd ~/projects
+git clone git@github.com:NetFPGA/P4-NetFPGA-live.git
+```
+
+Do NOT trust manuals to checkout a specific version, especially not
+v1.2.0, it is broken with vivado 2018.3. Also, DO NOT trust this
+manual, it might already be outdated at the time reading.