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Command-line quartus license installation

Altera_Forum
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‎02-22-2012 11:17 PM
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We're having several Linux build servers, and I'm trying to integrate quartus installation into a command-line flow to automate the install/upgrade process. 

 

I've got quartus and device installation working. However, I cannot figure out the command to specify a license. 

 

Specifically, I'm interested in "30-day eval period" and "specify license file location" options.  

See the attached screenshot. 

 

The only way to get this is by running "<install dir>/bin/quartus" executable, which is a GUI application and requires running X-server. Nothing else I tried seems to work: quartus_cmd, quartus_sh, etc. 

 

Thanks, 

Evgeni
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Altera_Forum
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‎02-23-2012 12:13 AM
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set LM_LICENSE_FILE

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‎02-23-2012 01:00 AM
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Setting LM_LICENSE_FILE to point to a specific license file or a floating license server does work.  

 

However, "30-day eval period" option doesn't use LM_LICENSE_FILE. Instead, it creates a file in a user directory, for example /home/user/.altera.quartus/.cy0mkjijqke  

 

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Evgeni
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