Quartus II with ubuntu 11.04

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Hi , 

 I just installed Quartus II on ubuntu 11.04 operating system. It successfully got installed and i can see a directory named altera in my home directory which has further subdirectories. Now how can i run the software from terminal. How can i source quartus and run it ? Please help me.

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--- Quote Start ---  Hi ,  I just installed Quartus II on ubuntu 11.04 operating system. It successfully got installed and i can see a directory named altera in my home directory which has further subdirectories. Now how can i run the software from terminal. How can i source quartus and run it ? Please help me.  --- Quote End ---    You first add the bin/ directory of quartus to your path via something like:  export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/altera/11.0/quartus/bin  Then check that things are setup  which quartus  And then run the program  quartus  Cheers, Dave

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Thank you very much dave , 

Please help me to configure USB blaster driver as well . I am currently running USB blaster 11.04   Please help me in that aswell . Thanks

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--- Quote Start ---   Please help me to configure USB blaster driver as well.   --- Quote End ---    The USB-Blaster udev rule is in this thread  http://www.alteraforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=31426  Cheers, Dave

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thanks for the reply dave, 

i tried to set udev rules like this first i opened  sudo gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/51-usbblaster.rules  then i simply pasted these rules explained # 51-usbblaster.rules# # * Use lsusb to see the 'Altera' bus and device number. # The device node is then /dev/bus/usb/<bus>/<device># # * use jtagconfig to detect devices on the usbblaster# BUS=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="09fb", SYSFS{idProduct}=="6001", MODE="0666"  in the text file and next   sudo udevadm control --reload-rules  Now, i opened Quartus again and reconnected the USB but still i am unable to see  the USB blaster in hardware setup. Please reply =)

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--- Quote Start ---   Now, i opened Quartus again and reconnected the USB but still i am unable to see the USB blaster in hardware setup.  --- Quote End ---    Do you have a USB-Blaster plugged into this machine? Is it a real machine or a virtual machine? Virtual machines do not work (at least the latest versions of VMWare and VirtualBox do not).  Did you try any of the tests mentioned in the udev rules comments?  * lsusb should show you the Altera device * jtagconfig can be used to scan a JTAG chain  Cheers, Dave

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--- Quote Start ---  Do you have a USB-Blaster plugged into this machine? Is it a real machine or a virtual machine? Virtual machines do not work (at least the latest versions of VMWare and VirtualBox do not).   --- Quote End ---    yes i have the USB cable plugged in to the system and i am not using any virtual machine.    --- Quote Start ---   Did you try any of the tests mentioned in the udev rules comments?   --- Quote End ---    I tried lsusb but it shows this ---------------------------------------------- zohaib@ubuntu:~$ lsusb Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 005 Device 003: ID 046d:c52f Logitech, Inc. Wireless Mouse M305 Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 003 Device 002: ID 03f0:171d Hewlett-Packard Wireless (Bluetooth + WLAN) Interface [Integrated Module] Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 002 Device 003: ID 174f:1107 Syntek  Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------     --- Quote Start ---   * lsusb should show you the Altera device * jtagconfig can be used to scan a JTAG chain   --- Quote End ---   it does not show any ALTERA device.   Please guide me.

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--- Quote Start ---   it does not show any ALTERA device.   Please guide me.  --- Quote End ---    First remove the USB-Blaster and clear the kernel message log via;  sudo dmesg -c  Then plug in the USB-Blaster and type  dmesg  Does it indicate the USB-Blaster was detected?  Do you know that your USB-Blaster works? Do you know that the USB port works?  Cheers, Dave

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--- Quote Start ---   I got a similar problem. :confused:   --- Quote End ---    No, you have a different problem.    --- Quote Start ---   I installed Web Version of Quartus 11.1 (no Service Packs) from iso file (11.1_173_acds_linux.iso) on Ubuntu 11.04   --- Quote End ---    You haven't installed Web Edition, you must have installed the subscription edition.  Your USB-Blaster setup looks fine.  Cheers, Dave

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--- Quote Start ---   You haven't installed Web Edition, you must have installed the subscription edition. Your USB-Blaster setup looks fine.   --- Quote End ---    Okay, any ideas? I downloaded a 3.7G file ACDS v11.1 Linux DVD (ISO) from this page:  https :// www . altera.com/download/software/quartus-ii-se  I see another 5.2G iso - 11.1_acds_devices.iso, which I did not download... Should I install that package too? Do you recommend to install SP2 immediately (another 3G file) ?

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Here's the Web Edition link I recently used: 

 https://www.altera.com/download/software/quartus-ii-we  Here's my notes from 11.10 install. I think it just 'worked' under 11.04, so you might not see the error message:  # Uncompress the Quartus Web Edition archive mkdir temp cd temp sudo /bin/bash /mnt/quartus/11.1sp1_216_quartus_free_linux.sh # and you will see the following messages Creating directory 11.1sp1_216_quartus_free_linux Verifying archive integrity... All good. Uncompressing Quartus II Web Edition (Free)........... ...................................................... ...................................................... ................................................... ./setup: 1: Syntax error: "&" unexpected # Change into the uncompressed archive folder and run the setup utility cd 11.1sp1_216_quartus_free_linux sudo /bin/bash ./setup # This starts the installation GUI.# Install Quartus# eg. install into /opt/altera/11.1sp1_free Cheers, Dave

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--- Quote Start ---    Here's my notes from 11.10 install. I think it just 'worked' under 11.04, so you might not see the error message:    --- Quote End ---    Not a problem at all :)  1. I mounted the iso file and made a copy with read/write permissions 2. Just changed Altera's Default   # !/bin/sh to# !/bin/bash   in setup files and installation of both files worked like a charm  My problem is now RESOLVED, I just missed to install Altera's Device Drivers which is a separate archive (11.1_173_acds_devices.iso - 5.2 G file) :blink:  Thank you Dave for your comments, wish everybody to enjoy Linux Versions as they perform Synthesis and Place&Route definitely FASTER, than Windows versions :-P  Regards, Boris

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--- Quote Start ---   My problem is now RESOLVED   --- Quote End ---    Excellent!    --- Quote Start ---   I just missed to install Altera's Device Drivers which is a separate archive (11.1_173_acds_devices.iso - 5.2 G file) :blink:   --- Quote End ---   I think the devices files are only for the subscription edition. I don't think the web edition needs them. But then again, the script I referred to above may unpack and install them. Either way, glad to hear you are up and running!  Cheers, Dave