Specifications

Contents
ALTERA CORPORATION INSTALLATION & LICENSING FOR LINUX WORKSTATIONS ■ III
Preface ..............................................................................................................................................v
Documentation Conventions .......................................................................................................vi
Chapter 1: Installing the Quartus II Software ............................................................................ 1
Introduction....................................................................................................................... 2
Quartus II Software System Requirements................................................................... 2
Uninstalling Previously Installed Versions of Altera Software ................................. 4
Altera.com Download Center......................................................................................... 5
Installing Downloaded Altera Software ....................................................................... 5
Altera Complete Design Suite ........................................................................................ 7
The Altera Complete Design Suite Installation Script ................................................ 9
Installing the Altera Complete Design Suite................................................................ 9
Using the 64-bit Version of the Quartus II Software ................................................ 10
Chapter 2: Licensing the Quartus II Software .......................................................................... 11
Introduction..................................................................................................................... 12
Obtaining a License File ................................................................................................ 13
Modifying the License File............................................................................................ 15
Upgrading or Setting Up a License Manager Server ................................................ 17
Upgrading the FLEXlm License Server Software........................................ 17
Rereading an Existing License File................................................................ 19
Configuring a New License Server................................................................ 19
Installing the FLEXlm Software on Another License Server ..................... 20
Configuring Each Linux Workstation.......................................................................... 21
Verifying Required Libraries............................................................ 21
Verifying Kernel Configuration....................................................... 21
Configuring Each User Environment .......................................................................... 22
Starting the Quartus II Software .................................................................................. 23
Specifying the License File............................................................................................ 23
Specifying the License File within the Quartus II Software ...................... 24
Specifying the License File in the .cshrc File................................................ 26
Specifying a Web Browser .............................................................................. 28
Registering for an Altera.com Account ........................................................ 30
Licensing Related Software........................................................................................... 31
MegaCore IP Library ....................................................................................... 31
Nios II Embedded Design Suite..................................................................... 31
ModelSim-Altera.............................................................................................. 31
Chapter 3: More Configuration Information............................................................................ 33
Introduction..................................................................................................................... 34
Setting Environment Variables ..................................................................................... 34
Quartus II General Environment Variables.................................................. 34
QUARTUS_ROOTDIR ......................................................................... 34
MWFONT_CACHE_DIR ....................................................................... 35
QUARTUS_MWWM ................................................................................ 35
QUARTUS_64BIT .............................................................................. 35