Specifications

CHAPTER 2: LICENSING THE QUARTUS II SOFTWARE
MODIFYING THE LICENSE FILE
ALTERA CORPORATION INSTALLATION & LICENSING FOR LINUX WORKSTATIONS ■ 16
The first few lines of the license file are shown in the following example
(your license file may not contain all the VENDOR entries, depending on
which software you have enabled):
SERVER <host name> <8- or 12-character host or NIC ID> <port number>
VENDOR alterad "<path to daemon executable>"
VENDOR mgcld "<path to daemon executable>"
To modify the license file, follow these steps:
1. In the license.dat file, type the variables that are described in Table 1.
The host or NIC ID will already be entered in the license file.
2. Ensure the license file meets the following guidelines:
– The license file name must have a .dat extension. If your text editor
adds .txt or another extension to the file name, such as
license.dat.txt, you must rename the file to have only a .dat
extension.
– The license file must have a carriage return at the end of the last
FEATURE line.
–Any FEATURE line that wraps to a second or third line must
contain a backslash (\) at the end of the line to indicate that it
continues.
Table 1. Variables to Modify in the License File (license.dat) (Part 1 of 2)
Variable Name Description Directory
<host name> The host name of the server; for example, my_server.
<port number>
(1)
The port number for the license manager service on the server; for
example, 1800. The port number is optional and should be different
from the port number for any other service on the machine.
alterad "<path
to daemon
executable>"
(2)(3)
Path to the Altera vendor
daemon executable
alterad.
/<Quartus II system directory>/linux/
alterad
mgcld "<path to
daemon
executable>"
(2)(3)(4)
Path to the Mentor
Graphics vendor
daemon executable
mgcld.
/<ModelSim-Altera system directory>/
linuxaloem/mgls/lib/mgcld