Specifications

CHAPTER 1: INSTALLING ALTERA SOFTWARE
INSTALLING DOWNLOADED ALTERA SOFTWARE
13 ■ ALTERA SOFTWARE INSTALLATION AND LICENSING ALTERA CORPORATION
Installing Altera Software on Multiple Systems at
the Command Prompt
You can install Altera software on multiple systems using the same
installation files that you download once, which reduces overall download
and installation time. To use the same installation files for multiple system
installations, you must first download and save the installation files to a
location that is accessible by each system on which you want to install Altera
software, and then write and run a custom installation script.
You can run the Altera Installer executable,
altera_installer_cmd.exe<subcommand>[options] (Windows) or
altera_installer_cmd <subcommand>[options] (Linux), iteratively, using
command-line arguments for different functions.
For example, the altera_installer_cmd.exe --all --net --download_only --
temp=d:/altera/download_only command, downloads all software
available from the Altera Installer for Windows to a temporary directory
named d:/altera/download_only via an Internet connection.
Also, for example, the altera_installer_cmd.exe –all –source=<installation
directory> command, installs all software available from the Altera Installer
for Windows using installation files in a local source directory.
The available command-line arguments are described in Table 3.
--temp=TEMP_DIR Specifies the temporary directory to store downloaded
installation files. The default temporary directory is
defined by the TMP environment variable.
--remove_temp=REMOVE_TEMP Directs the Altera Installer to remove temporary files
after installation is complete.
--update Directs the Altera Installer to update installed features.
--version Displays the software’s version number.
-w, --web Directs the Altera Installer to install the Quartus II Web
Edition software.
Table 3. Altera Installer Command-line Arguments (Part 2 of 2)
Option Description