Hello World Project

[Altera_Forum]

I do the steps writen in Nios II Development Kit Getting Started User Guide to create Hellow World Project. I work with Quartus 5.0 and Nios II IDE 5.0 . 

When i click Build Project i receive : **** Incremental build of configuration Debug for project hello_world_0 ****  make -s all  [: Files\altera\MegaCore\ddr_ddr2_sdram-v3.1.0\lib\sopc_builder/kit_sh: unknown operand no install.ptf file found at /cygdrive/c/altera/quartus50/sopc_builder/bin/europa/europa_utils.pm line 1758. Post-processing to create ext_flash.flash 01.02.2007 14:28:16 - (SEVERE) elf2flash: Read error: File not found: /boot_loader_cfi.srec 01.02.2007 14:28:16 - (SEVERE) elf2flash: Error reading boot copier 01.02.2007 14:28:16 - (SEVERE) elf2flash: Error generating Flash file, exiting make: *** [ext_flash.flash] Error 5 Build completed  Is it possible to use Nios II Processor that is already on the board . First of all i want to try C language . If you have real working project that works on nios2_board_cycloneII_2c35 (Factory built NiosII) please send it or could you explane me the steps to get the project work.

[Altera_Forum]

First off, you ought to be using a more recent version. Secondly, you should start your IDE (at least once) from within SOPC Builder. Thirdly, it's possible you have installation issues.... Do you, by any chance, have any other version(s) of Quartus II and/or SOPC Builder installed? 

 Cheers,  - slacker

[Altera_Forum]

Do you, by any chance, have any other version(s) of Quartus II and/or SOPC Builder installed? 

 Quartus 5.0 , MegaCoreIP Library 5.0 and Nios II IDE was supplied with Dev.Board nios2_board_cycloneII_2c35. Board was bought 1 year ago by company i work in. I work in Quartus and use devices (max3000 , maxII) for small projects(writen in VHDL). But now we want to evaluate Nios II capabilities for future use. Is it ok to use Quartus 6.1 Web-Edition (MegaCoreIP Library 6.1 - needed ? or 5.0 enough).

[Altera_Forum]

Use the newer versions of the tools.... 6.1 should work just fine. I use it every day, on the exact board that you have. The only caveat to mention is that you'll have to keep the board connected via the USB cable at all times. 

 Good luck!  - slacker

[Altera_Forum]

Also, it looks like Megacore might be installed on a path with spaces in it (c:/Program Files?). That will cause some issues as well.

[Altera_Forum]

Also, it looks like Megacore might be installed on a path with spaces in it (c:/Program Files?). That will cause some issues as well. 

 Yes , it looks like for some reason some files are not found may be Megacore  is very old ? But the pass is ok!  C:\MegaCore C:\altera\quartus50 C:\altera\kits\nios2 - the path of Nios II IDE

[Altera_Forum]

Use the newer versions of the tools.... 6.1 should work just fine. 

 Thanks . I will try newer versions of the tools.

[Altera_Forum]

I installed Quartus 6.0 Web-Edition + MegaCoreIP Library 6.0 . Hellow World Project 

work. Thank you slacker!