title: How to install Xilinx ISE 14.7 for Ubuntu 19.10
body: <p>I have to work with a Spartan 3E family FPGA, my problem is that latest versions of Xilinx ISE does not support this boards. I made a quick search on google and I found that the last versión that supports Spartan 3E is 14.7 so I tried to install this one.</p>
  <p>I'm working on Ubuntu 19.10, the Xilinx IDE I donwloaded was the 14.7 full installer for Linux from <a href="https://www.xilinx.com/support/download/index.html/content/xilinx/en/downloadNav/vivado-design-tools/archive-ise.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>.</p>
  <p>Following the steps from <a href="http://dreamrunner.org/blog/2012/09/12/install-xilinx-ise-on-the-ubuntu/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this guide</a> to install the .tar, in the step when you run the xsetup using</p>
  <pre><code>sudo ./xsetup
  </code></pre>
  <p>I get this error:</p>
  <pre><code>libncurses.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
  </code></pre>
  <p>I tried to install the libncourses.so.5 following some guides but I always get a 404 not found error when I try to download those libraries from the internet.</p>
  <p>Could someone please help?</p>