Specifications

CHAPTER 1: INSTALLING THE QUARTUS II SOFTWARE
INSTALLING DOWNLOADED ALTERA SOFTWARE
ALTERA CORPORATION INSTALLATION & LICENSING FOR LINUX WORKSTATIONS ■ 6
■ To run the Quartus II software using a network (multiuser) license,
make sure that the license server uses version 8.0 or later of the FLEXlm
License Manager Server software. By default, the Quartus II software
installs version 9.5 of the FLEXlm License Manager Server software on
the user workstation. For more information, refer to “Upgrading or
Setting Up a License Manager Server” on page 17.
■ If you want to preserve project compilation databases from an earlier
version of the Quartus II software before installing a newer version,
open the design in the earlier version of the software and export a
version-compatible database for the design by clicking Export
Database on the Project menu. After you have installed a newer version
of the Quartus II software, you can import the database in the new
version by clicking Import Database on the Project menu. For more
information about importing and exporting version-compatible
databases, refer to the Managing Quartus II Projects chapter in volume 2
of the Quartus II Handbook. Version-compatible database files are
available in Quartus II software version 4.1 and later.
To install downloaded Quartus II software and related software on a Linux
workstation, follow these steps:
1. Download the software listed in “Introduction” on page 2 from the
Download Center of the Altera website.
2. Verify that you have sufficient free disk (approximately 4 GB) to
contain copies of uncompressed versions of the software files.
3. To extract the Quartus II software, type the following command at the
command prompt:
tar xvf 81_quartus_linux tar r
4. To run the installation script, type the following command at the
command prompt:
<Quartus II system directory>/linux/install r
You are guided through the installation procedure.
5. Repeat steps 1 through 4 for each downloaded software you want to
install.