Specifications

CHAPTER 2: LICENSING ALTERA SOFTWARE
SETTING UP THE LICENSE FILE
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2. Select Specify valid license file. The License Setup page of the
Options dialog box appears. If you do not want to specify the license
file at this time, you can return to the License Setup page at another
time by clicking License Setup on the Tools menu.
3. In the License file box, specify the full path name of the license.dat file.
Altera recommends that you store the license.dat file in a directory
named C:\licenses:\flexlm (Windows) or /usr/local/flexlm/licenses
(Linux).
You can also specify the location of the license file by typing a name in
the format <port>@<host> instead of a license file path name, where
<host> is the name of the machine running the license server and <port>
is the port listed in the license.dat file. Refer to Table 3 on page 49 for
more information about port numbers. If there is no port listed in the
license.dat file, you can specify @<host>.
If you want to use the LM_LICENSE_FILE environment variable
specified in the System Control Panel (Windows) or the .cshrc file
(Linux), turn on Use LM_LICENSE_FILE variable.
4. If you want the Quartus II software to check the Altera website for
license file updates, click Web License Update.
5. If you want to use the Quartus II software for Windows in the
subscription evaluation period, click Begin 30-day Grace Period. For
more information about the Quartus II software evaluation period,
refer to “Quartus II Software Evaluation Period” on page 26.
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License File Location
When you specify the license file location, ensure that you use only
alphanumeric characters and do not type any special characters or symbols,
such as !$%^&*<>, empty spaces, or non-English characters into the license
file directory. Including special characters may invalidate the license file
location.
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Specifying Multiple License Files and/or Servers
If you have more than one license file or server, separate the port and host
specifications with colons (:), with no spaces between the names and
numbers. For example:
1800@king:/usr/local/lib/license.dat:270000@queen