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Contents
ALTERA CORPORATION ALTERA SOFTWARE INSTALLATION AND LICENSING ■ III
Preface ............................................................................................................................................vii
Documentation Conventions .................................................................................................... viii
Typographic Conventions............................................................................. viii
Terminology....................................................................................................... ix
Chapter 1: Installing Altera Software .......................................................................................... 1
Introduction....................................................................................................................... 2
System Requirements....................................................................................................... 3
Supported Operating Systems........................................................................................ 4
Uninstalling and Modifying Altera Software............................................................... 6
Altera.com Download Center......................................................................................... 7
Altera Installer.................................................................................................... 7
Individual Software........................................................................................... 8
Installing Downloaded Altera Software ....................................................................... 8
Installation Prerequisites................................................................................... 9
Installation Instructions .................................................................................. 10
Installing Software with the Altera Installer ................................. 10
Installing Individually Downloaded Software ............................. 10
Installing Software at the Command Prompt................................ 11
Installing Altera Software on Multiple Systems
at the Command Prompt........................................................... 13
Installing Software with the Altera Complete Design Suite .................................... 14
Installing the TCP/IP Protocol..................................................................................... 16
Setting up the Quartus II Software with a JTAG Server on a Network ................. 17
Using the 64-bit Version of the Quartus II Software for Linux................................ 17
Configuring the Linux User Environment.................................................................. 18
Starting the Quartus II Software .................................................................................. 20
Starting the Quartus II Software in Windows.............................................. 20
Starting the Quartus II Software in Linux .................................................... 20
Programming Cable Drivers......................................................................................... 21
Chapter 2: Licensing Altera Software........................................................................................ 22
Introduction..................................................................................................................... 23
Licensing Options........................................................................................................... 23
Supported Licensed Software ........................................................................ 23
Supported Software Subscriptions................................................................ 24
Development Kits Containing the Quartus II Software............... 25
Non-Licensed Software..................................................................... 25
Altera University Program Software Licenses .............................. 26
Quartus II Software Evaluation Period......................................................... 26
Obtaining a License File ................................................................................................ 27
Licensing Requirements.................................................................................. 28
Altera ID.............................................................................................. 28
NIC ID ................................................................................................. 28
Hard-Disk Serial Number ................................................................ 29
License Server Host ID Number...................................................... 30