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@@ -53,6 +53,24 @@ the TCF plugin and downloading the cross-compiler as specified in the section be
   `<XilinxInstallation>\SDK\2018.2\gnu\aarch32\nt\gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi\bin` 
   or set up path each time before debugging.
 
+### Installing on Linux - Device List Issue
+
+When installing on Ubuntu, the installer might get stuck at the `Generating installed device list`
+step. When this happens, you can kill the installation process (might be necessara to kill a process
+twice) and generate this list manually with the following commands, according to 
+[this forum entry](https://forums.xilinx.com/t5/Installation-and-Licensing/Vivado-2018-3-Final-Processing-hangs-at-Generating-installed/m-p/972114#M25861).
+
+1. Install the following library
+   ```sh
+   sudo apt install libncurses5
+   ```
+
+2. ```sh 
+   sudo <installRoot>/Vivado/2018.2/bin/vivado -nolog -nojournal -mode batch -source 
+   <installRoot>/.xinstall/Vivado_2018.2/scripts/xlpartinfo.tcl -tclargs 
+   <installRoot>/Vivado/2018.2/data/parts/installed_devices.txt
+   ```
+
 ## Installing toolchain without Vivado
 
 You can download the toolchains for Windows and Linux