@User after installing with the redhat package manager the required libs (xorg development libraries, tcl-tk, gtk libraries (for gaw) you should be able to build the software, for xschem:

git clone <https://github.com/StefanSchippers/xschem.git> xschem-src

then

cd xschem-src

and follow instructions in the link above.

for gaw:

git clone <https://github.com/StefanSchippers/xschem-gaw.git> gaw-src

then

cd gaw-src

./configure

make

sudo make install

in typical situations this is the sequence of commands. Ngspice has a very similar procedure as well. The explains the details for installing xschem, ngspice and gaw, but do NOT follow this old video for skywater-pdk, since now skywater-pdk libraries are instaled via open-pdks as explained in the

@User have you ever tried installing these tools in docker?

@User I understand. I am using xschem and ngspice without any administrative privilege, by installing the executables in my home directory. I do this because i don't want to cripple the system directories. Using Containers is another possibility, expecially usefull for deploying to many different machines, however i don't have much experience with them.

I do sudo -i and then run xschem, same issue, so it seems to be something else... ideas or anyone who faced a similar issue?

and never run xschem as root!!! you only need sudo if doing 'make install' to install xschem in system directories. After that you invoke xschem as a normal user. Do not use sudo -i.

I am trying now to netlist the test_nmos.sch testbench as in your video (), but it doesn't seem to work, I try to open the netlist using "Edit netlist" but it opens an empty file... what could I be doing wrong, and any advices to debug it?

I tried also with command line setting the netlist name and output path (with a command that works in the efabless environment) but the netlist is not generated... any help would be greatly appreciated!

@User yes, it returns /usr/bin/awk

you can also change netlist_dir in xschemrc file . search for '`set netlist_dir`' in that file.

also verify if some message is printed in the terminal where xschem was started after pressing the 'Netlist' button...

No compatibility mode selected! Warning: redefinition of .subckt sky130_fd_pr__nfet_01v8, ignored Warning: redefinition of .subckt sky130_fd_pr__nfet_01v8_lvt, ignored Warning: redefinition of .subckt sky130_fd_pr__pfet_01v8, ignored ... Circuit: **.subckt test_mim_cap Original line no.: 8, new internal line no.: 11849:  Mismatch: 11 formal but 4 actual params. w=10;l=10;mf=1;via4_spacing=1;wc=$;lc=$;num_contacts=$;r1=$;carea=$;cperim=$;r2=$; Original line no.: 8, new internal line no.: 11849: Syntax error: letter [$] Original line no.: 8, new internal line no.: 11849:  Expression err: $ ... Original line no.: 32, new internal line no.: 23965: Undefined number [m] Original line no.: 32, new internal line no.: 23965: Cannot compute substitute  Copies=11854 Evals=23955 Placeholders=8 Symbols=11845 Errors=13 Numparam expansion errors: Run Spice anyway? y/n ?