Hello,
After installing Quartus and Questa together and setting up the licence it seems there is a problem with the Questa launch script. I looked at the license file and it seems to be normal.
Here is the output on the console when trying to launch Questa from quartus :
Info: *******************************************************************
Info: Running Quartus Prime Shell
Info: Version 21.1.1 Build 850 06/23/2022 SJ Lite Edition
Info: Copyright (C) 2022 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
Info: Your use of Intel Corporation's design tools, logic functions
Info: and other software and tools, and any partner logic
Info: functions, and any output files from any of the foregoing
Info: (including device programming or simulation files), and any
Info: associated documentation or information are expressly subject
Info: to the terms and conditions of the Intel Program License
Info: Subscription Agreement, the Intel Quartus Prime License Agreement,
Info: the Intel FPGA IP License Agreement, or other applicable license
Info: agreement, including, without limitation, that your use is for
Info: the sole purpose of programming logic devices manufactured by
Info: Intel and sold by Intel or its authorized distributors. Please
Info: refer to the applicable agreement for further details, at
Info: https://fpgasoftware.intel.com/eula.
Info: Processing started: Tue Oct 18 11:33:01 2022
Info: Command: quartus_sh -t /home/germano/intelFPGA_lite/21.1/quartus/common/tcl/internal/nativelink/qnativesim.tcl --rtl_sim soc_system soc_system
Info: Quartus(args): --rtl_sim soc_system soc_system
Info: Info: Start Nativelink Simulation process
Info: Info: Starting NativeLink simulation with Questa Intel FPGA software
Error: Error: Can't launch the Questa Intel FPGA software -- the path to the location of the executables for the Questa Intel FPGA software were not specified or the executables were not found at specified path.
Error: Error: You can specify the path in the EDA Tool Options page of the Options dialog box or using the Tcl command set_user_option.
Error: Error: NativeLink simulation flow was NOT successful
Info: Info: For messages from NativeLink scripts, check the file /home/germano/Documents/embedded_time_tagger_cv/soc_system_nativelink_simulation.rpt File: /home/germano/Documents/embedded_time_tagger_cv/soc_system_nativelink_simulation.rpt Line: 0
Error (23031): Evaluation of Tcl script /home/germano/intelFPGA_lite/21.1/quartus/common/tcl/internal/nativelink/qnativesim.tcl unsuccessful
Error: Quartus Prime Shell was unsuccessful. 4 errors, 0 warnings
Error: Peak virtual memory: 586 megabytes
Error: Processing ended: Tue Oct 18 11:33:05 2022
Error: Elapsed time: 00:00:04
Error: Total CPU time (on all processors): 00:00:02
Here is the ouput when trying to launch from terminal :
~/intelFPGA_lite/21.1/questa_fse/linux_x86_64 $ ./vsim
Unable to find the license file. It appears that your license file environment variable (e.g., LM_LICENSE_FILE) is not set correctly.
Unable to checkout a license. Vsim is closing.
** Error: Invalid license environment. Application closing.I am on Ubuntu 20.04.
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