Specifications

CHAPTER 3: MORE CONFIGURATION INFORMATION
SETTING ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
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MWFONT_CACHE_DIR
The MWFONT_CACHE_DIR variable specifies the name of the Quartus II font
cache directory. The default directory is /<user’s home directory>/.mw.
QUARTUS_MWWM
The QUARTUS_MWWM variable specifies how the Quartus II software should
interact with the system’s window manager. If you want, you can specify
that the Quartus II software operate normally with all supported window
managers by setting this environment variable to allwm. The
QUARTUS_MWWM environment variable is not specified by default.
QUARTUS_64BIT
The QUARTUS_64BIT variable specifies the 64-bit version of the Quartus II
software. To turn on 64-bit processing in the Quartus II software, set the
environment variable to 1 before running the Quartus II software. This
variable is supported only in systems with 64-bit processing.
QUARTUS_LIBRARY_PATHS
The QUARTUS_LIBRARY_PATHS variable specifies user-defined library
paths. You can use this environment variable to define multiple library
paths at the same time instead of manually adding each path to the user
library individually.
Quartus II NativeLink Environment
Variables
The Quartus II software installation process initializes the following
variables, but you must set them to use the NativeLink features of the
Quartus II software.
QUARTUS_INIT_PATH
The QUARTUS_INIT_PATH variable specifies the path(s) of the EDA tool(s)
to be launched from within the Quartus II software. You must set this
variable to launch other EDA tools from within the Quartus II software.