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Really dumb question, but despite already taping out an IC I have forgotten how to reinstall Magic on my computer and have it linked to the SKY130 PDK. Whats the current up to date installation procedure? It seems that magic is not finding the PDK files

run magic with `-rc /pathtopdk/sky130A/magic/magic.rc`

I usually start magic with
```magic -T sky130A.tech -rc sky130A.magicrc```

Magic only _automatically_ links to a PDK if there is a startup script file `.magicrc` in the directory where you start magic.  Otherwise, you need to specify the startup script on the command line, as Ryan and Connie said.  If you want the automatic behavior, just copy the PDK startup script `sky130A.magicrc` to your working directory and rename it to `.magicrc`.

<@U022VJ35KUJ>:  The `sky130.magicrc` script contains the command `tech load sky130A.tech`, so specifying a technology file on the command line is redundant.

hello <@U016EM8L91B>, I updated (or tried to) the tools and the open_pdks local installations and I'm having the following issue: I copy the `sky130A.magicrc` file into my home directory and then try running magic, but the right bar is not loaded and I get the following errors:
Could not find file 'STAGING_PATH/TECHNAME/MAGIC_CURRENT/TECHNAME-F.tech' in any of these directories:
         . $CAD_ROOT/magic/sys $CAD_ROOT/magic/sys/current
Could not find file 'STAGING_PATH/TECHNAME/MAGIC_CURRENT/TECHNAME.tech' in any of these directories:
         . $CAD_ROOT/magic/sys $CAD_ROOT/magic/sys/current
Error parsing user ".magicrc": couldn't read file "STAGING_PATH/TECHNAME/MAGIC_CURRENT/TECHNAME.tcl": no such file or directory

any ideas what could be wrong?

and I run magic using:
magic -rc ../../open_pdks/sky130/magic/sky130A.magicrc

same behavior: the errors and the right bar with the layers not loaded neither...

The `.magicrc` file appears to be copied directly from the `sky130.magicrc` template in open_pdks, not properly installed by running `make` in open_pdks.  The names like `STAGING_PATH` are template variables that get replaced during the open_pdks build.

<@U0285R77C4W>:  The solution is to clone open_pdks, then follow the instructions and run `configure` ,  `make` , and `make install`.

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Hello <@U016EM8L91B>, sorry, I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong
I had a clone from open_pdks from around mpw4 time, so I'm going inside the cloned folder and doing "git pull"
after that I'm doing configure, make and make install, and it seems to be successful, but sky130A.magicrc is not generated, please see the screenshot attached

<@U0285R77C4W>:  `configure` needs options.  At least `configure --enable-sky130-pdk`.