VCS MX uses the Synopsys Installer tool, which allows you to use a graphical user interface (GUI) or a text script. For information about downloading Synopsys Installer and VCS MX, see “Downloading the Software” in Installing Synopsys Tools To install VCS MX by EST or from the CD, follow the procedures described in Installing Synopsys Tools Example 1-1 in Installing Synopsys Tools shows a Synopsys media installation script for the synthesis tools. VCS MX is installed in a similar manner. VCS MX is a stand-alone product and cannot be installed over an existing Synopsys product, including a prior version of VCS MX. You must create a new directory for VCS MX. Follow these steps. 1. Set the VCS_HOME environment variable in the shell that you are using in which the root_directory argument is the name of the VCS MX root directory. - If you are using the C shell, enter % setenv VCS_HOME /vcs_mx/build/vcs_mx/vcs_mxC-2009.06 - If you are using the Bourne shell, enter % VCS_HOME=/vcs_mx/build/vcs_mx/vcs_mxC-2009.06 export VCS_HOME 2. Add the directory containing the VCS MX executable files to the PATH environment variable. - If you are using the C shell, add the following line to the .cshrc file: set path=($VCS_HOME/bin $path) - If you are using the Bourne, Korn, or Bash shell, add the following line to the .profile or .kshrc file: PATH=(path:$VCS_HOME/bin) export PATH