Provides packages on APT/YUM repositories

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Since Jul 30, 2021.

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Hello,

Currently, XRT and shell packages are provided on the Xilinx Website (Example here on the U250 page).

This requires to go manually on the page and download the package. This is OK in a development environment but far less on a larger scale production environment with automated and scripted installations.
Hardcoding packages links does not look to be a reliable option, and building from Github source every time requires to install more packages and take a lot more time.

Providing packages on standard APT/YUM repositories will allow the user to install and manage Xilinx packages far more easily and allow to keep the standard Linux flow when provisioning FPGA powered runtime environments.

Also, current packages install XRT in /opt and require to source "/xrt/setup.sh" before use. Installing in the standard "/usr" path may allow to directly use XRT without extra steps.

Following a more standard way to provides XRT may help to make the install of XRT and its use as dependency more easier.

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