Specifications

CHAPTER 1: INSTALLING THE QUARTUS II SOFTWARE
ALTERA.COM DOWNLOAD CENTER
5 ■ INSTALLATION & LICENSING FOR LINUX WORKSTATIONS ALTERA CORPORATION
Altera.com Download Center
You can download the following items from the Download Center of the
Altera website at www.altera.com/download:
■ Quartus II software and related software listed in “Introduction” on
page 2
■ Altera Edition third-party software
■ License daemons
■ Intellectual property (IP) and tools
■ Altera University Program software
■ Altera Legacy Design software
■ Programming software
■ Altera board layout and test files
The Quartus II software for Linux, and related software, uses a text-based
installation script to guide you through the installation process for each
downloaded application.
Installing Downloaded Altera
Software
You should be aware of the following information before you install the
Quartus II software and related software:
■ Commands that do not fit on a single line in this manual are indicated
by indentations of subsequent lines.
■ By default, the Quartus II software, and related software, is installed in
the /opt/altera<version number> directory, where <version number> is
the number of the Quartus II software version directory. The
installation script creates this directory, if it does not already exist. If
you use a different directory name, substitute the appropriate name for
<Quartus II system directory> in the installation steps.
■ Ensure there is at least approximately 4 GB of free disk space to contain
copies of the uncompressed versions of the installation files. An
additional 5 GB of disk space is required for software installation.