Specifications

CHAPTER 2: LICENSING THE QUARTUS II SOFTWARE
UPGRADING OR SETTING UP A LICENSE MANAGER SERVER
ALTERA CORPORATION INSTALLATION & LICENSING FOR LINUX WORKSTATIONS ■ 20
You should be aware of the following information before you configure a
new license server:
■ If you have an existing FLEXlm license server, refer to “Rereading an
Existing License File” on page 19.
■ Ensure you obtained a valid license file according to the guidelines in
“Obtaining a License File” on page 13, and that you modified the
license file according to the guidelines in “Modifying the License File”
on page 15.
■ These instructions assume that you have installed the license.dat file in
the /usr/local/flexlm/licenses directory. If you have installed the
license file in a different directory, substitute the appropriate path
name for that directory.
v To configure a new license server, type the following command at a
command prompt:
/<Quartus II system directory>/linux/lmgrd -c
/usr/local/flexlm/licenses/license.dat r
Installing the FLEXlm Software on
Another License Server
You can install the FLEXlm software on an additional Linux license server.
To install the FLEXlm software on another license server, perform the
following steps:
1. Create a directory named /<Quartus II system directory>/linux on the
additional license server.
2. Copy the following files from the /<Quartus II system directory>/linux
directory of your original Quartus II software into the new
/<Quartus II system directory>/linux directory:
– lmgrd
–lmutil
– alterad