Specifications

CHAPTER 2: LICENSING THE QUARTUS II SOFTWARE
CONFIGURING EACH LINUX WORKSTATION
21 ■ INSTALLATION & LICENSING FOR LINUX WORKSTATIONS ALTERA CORPORATION
Configuring Each Linux Workstation
For each Linux workstation that will run the Quartus II software, you must
verify the libraries and kernel configuration before starting the Quartus II
software for the first time.
Verifying Required Libraries
To use the Visual MainWin software, which is required to run the Quartus II
software on Linux workstations, the Linux workstation requires the GNU
libc libraries (glibc). Table 2 lists the glibc versions required for each version
of Linux supported by the Quartus II software.
The GNU libc libraries are available from the Red Hat Linux website at
www.redhat.com.
Verifying Kernel Configuration
You should perform the following steps to ensure that the system’s kernel
configuration meets the minimum system requirements to run the
Quartus II software:
1. Check the configuration parameters listed below to make sure that the
values listed in the limits.conf file, which is located in the /etc directory,
are greater than or equal to the recommended values listed in Table 3.
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Before You Configure Each Linux Workstation
You must have superuser or “root” privileges to install runtime patches or modify
kernel configuration.
Table 2. Required glibc Version for Linux Workstations
Linux Version glibc Version
Red Hat Linux Enterprise 4.0 glibc 2.3.4-2
Red Hat Linux Enterprise 5.0 glibc 2.5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 glibc 2.3.3-98