Ubuntu - Xilinx Alveo U200 Getting Started

To downgrade from the 2019.2 to the 2018.3 or 2018.2 release, perform the following steps.
1. Restore the card to the original manufacturing state by running the following command from
XRT 2019.2.
$ sudo /opt/xilinx/xrt/bin/xbmgmt flash --factory_reset
2. Remove the current XRT and platform versions.
$ sudo yum remove xrt
3. Cold reboot the system.
4. Follow the installation procedures outlined in
Uninstalling Packages in RedHat and CentOS
To completely uninstall the Alveo XRT and deployment platform packages, run the following
command in a Linux terminal. Uninstalling XRT also uninstalls the deployment platform.
$ sudo yum remove <xrt_package_name>
Note: Make sure that all of the platform packages are displayed in the output terminal after running the
command. If not, manually list the packages using the list command at the beginning of this section,
then delete the remaining packages using the remove command.

Ubuntu

During upgrading, downgrading, or uninstalling, it can be useful to list the currently installed
Alveo packages. To list all currently platform packages, run the following command in a Linux
terminal:
$ apt list --installed | grep xilinx
To list the currently installed XRT package, run the following command:
$ apt list --installed | grep xrt
Upgrade from 2018.2 to 2018.3 in Ubuntu
Note: For links to the available platform and XRT revisions, see
Software.
To upgrade from the 2018.2 to the 2018.3 release, perform the following steps.
UG1301 (v1.5) June 3, 2020
Getting Started with Alveo Accelerator Cards
Appendix A: Changing XRT and Target Platform Versions
Chapter 4: Installing the Deployment
Chapter 4: Installing the Deployment
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