Specifications

CHAPTER 1: INSTALLING ALTERA SOFTWARE
CONFIGURING THE LINUX USER ENVIRONMENT
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<home directory>/altera/<version number>/quartus/bin directory for
Linux. Where <home directory> is the default directory of your Linux
workstation, or is set by your system administrator.
To update the PATH environment variable using the C shell, type the
following command at a command prompt:
setenv PATH ${PATH}:/<Quartus II system directory>/bin r
To update the PATH environment variable using the Bash shell, type the
following command at a command prompt:
export PATH=${PATH}:/<Quartus II system directory>/bin r
2. Review and update as appropriate, each user’s
QUARTUS_ROOTDIR_OVERRIDE environment variable, which
specifies the name of the Quartus II system directory. For more
information about the QUARTUS_ROOTDIR_OVERRIDE environment
variable, refer to “QUARTUS_ROOTDIR_OVERRIDE” on page 65.
3. Review and update as appropriate, each user’s Quartus II general
environment variables, as described in “Quartus II General
Environment Variables” on page 65
4. Save the changes to the .cshrc file or .bashrc file, and then type the
following at a command prompt:
C shell:
cd r
source .cshrc r
Bash shell:
cd r
. ~/.bashrc r
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Setting the PATH Environment Variable
If you run the Quartus II software for Linux with a script, you can run the latest
installed version of the Quartus II software with the quartus executable by either
specifying the latest version of the Quartus II software, or by specifying the full path
for the quartus executable in PATH environment variable.