Nios II SBT for Eclipse not working under CentOS 6.5

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Recently I had to start working on a workstation with CentOS 6.5 as operating system. I installed the Quartus Software, version 11.1, but the Eclipse tools for Nios II just do not open. Then I installed Quartus 13.1, but problem still persists. 

 Here is the output I get when executing the eclipse-nios2 -debug command from terminal:  Start VM: /opt/altera/11.1/quartus//linux/jre/bin/java -Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.5 -XX:MaxPermSize=256m -Xms40m -Xmx384m -jar /opt/altera/11.1/nios2eds/bin/eclipse_nios2//plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.1.0.v20100507.jar -os linux -ws gtk -arch x86 -showsplash -launcher /opt/altera/11.1/nios2eds/bin/eclipse_nios2/eclipse -name Eclipse --launcher.library /opt/altera/11.1/nios2eds/bin/eclipse_nios2//plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.gtk.linux.x86_1.1.1.R36x_v20100810/eclipse_1309.so -startup /opt/altera/11.1/nios2eds/bin/eclipse_nios2//plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.1.0.v20100507.jar -exitdata 4d0054 -product org.eclipse.epp.package.cpp.product -Debug -perspective com.altera.sbtgui.ui.cPerspective -vm /opt/altera/11.1/quartus//linux/jre/bin/java -vmargs -Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.5 -XX:MaxPermSize=256m -Xms40m -Xmx384m -jar /opt/altera/11.1/nios2eds/bin/eclipse_nios2//plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.1.0.v20100507.jar Install location: file:/opt/altera/11.1/nios2eds/bin/eclipse_nios2/ Configuration file: file:/opt/altera/11.1/nios2eds/bin/eclipse_nios2/configuration/config.ini loaded Configuration location: file:/opt/altera/11.1/nios2eds/bin/eclipse_nios2/configuration/ Framework located: file:/opt/altera/11.1/nios2eds/bin/eclipse_nios2/plugins/org.eclipse.osgi_3.6.1.R36x_v20100806.jar Framework classpath: file:/opt/altera/11.1/nios2eds/bin/eclipse_nios2/plugins/org.eclipse.osgi_3.6.1.R36x_v20100806.jar Splash location: /opt/altera/11.1/nios2eds/bin/eclipse_nios2/plugins/org.eclipse.platform_3.6.1.v201009090800/splash.bmp Debug options: file:/home/cramos/.options not found Time to load bundles: 5 Starting application: 1059  After the last line, the application never ever starts.  On the other hand, when executing the nios2-ide command, here is what I get:  /opt/altera/11.1/nios2eds/bin/nios2-ide: line 17: /opt/altera/11.1/nios2eds/bin/eclipse/nios2-ide: No such file or directory /opt/altera/11.1/nios2eds/bin/nios2-ide: line 17: exec: /opt/altera/11.1/nios2eds/bin/eclipse/nios2-ide: cannot execute: No such file or directory  However, that directory does not exists (I attach an image of the contents of the Nios II directory).  https://www.alteraforum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=8487   I cannot seem to get the Nios II tools running on Linux, and there is no other error message to track down. If further information about the work environment is needed, I will gladly post it here.  Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

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--- Quote Start ---  Recently I had to start working on a workstation with CentOS 6.5 as operating system. I installed the Quartus Software, version 11.1, but the Eclipse tools for Nios II just do not open. Then I installed Quartus 13.1, but problem still persists.  Here is the output I get when executing the eclipse-nios2 -debug command from terminal:  Start VM: /opt/altera/11.1/quartus//linux/jre/bin/java -Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.5 -XX:MaxPermSize=256m -Xms40m -Xmx384m -jar /opt/altera/11.1/nios2eds/bin/eclipse_nios2//plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.1.0.v20100507.jar -os linux -ws gtk -arch x86 -showsplash -launcher /opt/altera/11.1/nios2eds/bin/eclipse_nios2/eclipse -name Eclipse --launcher.library /opt/altera/11.1/nios2eds/bin/eclipse_nios2//plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.gtk.linux.x86_1.1.1.R36x_v20100810/eclipse_1309.so -startup /opt/altera/11.1/nios2eds/bin/eclipse_nios2//plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.1.0.v20100507.jar -exitdata 4d0054 -product org.eclipse.epp.package.cpp.product -Debug -perspective com.altera.sbtgui.ui.cPerspective -vm /opt/altera/11.1/quartus//linux/jre/bin/java -vmargs -Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.5 -XX:MaxPermSize=256m -Xms40m -Xmx384m -jar /opt/altera/11.1/nios2eds/bin/eclipse_nios2//plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.1.0.v20100507.jar Install location: file:/opt/altera/11.1/nios2eds/bin/eclipse_nios2/ Configuration file: file:/opt/altera/11.1/nios2eds/bin/eclipse_nios2/configuration/config.ini loaded Configuration location: file:/opt/altera/11.1/nios2eds/bin/eclipse_nios2/configuration/ Framework located: file:/opt/altera/11.1/nios2eds/bin/eclipse_nios2/plugins/org.eclipse.osgi_3.6.1.R36x_v20100806.jar Framework classpath: file:/opt/altera/11.1/nios2eds/bin/eclipse_nios2/plugins/org.eclipse.osgi_3.6.1.R36x_v20100806.jar Splash location: /opt/altera/11.1/nios2eds/bin/eclipse_nios2/plugins/org.eclipse.platform_3.6.1.v201009090800/splash.bmp Debug options: file:/home/cramos/.options not found Time to load bundles: 5 Starting application: 1059  After the last line, the application never ever starts.  On the other hand, when executing the nios2-ide command, here is what I get:  /opt/altera/11.1/nios2eds/bin/nios2-ide: line 17: /opt/altera/11.1/nios2eds/bin/eclipse/nios2-ide: No such file or directory /opt/altera/11.1/nios2eds/bin/nios2-ide: line 17: exec: /opt/altera/11.1/nios2eds/bin/eclipse/nios2-ide: cannot execute: No such file or directory  However, that directory does not exists (I attach an image of the contents of the Nios II directory).  https://www.alteraforum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=8487   I cannot seem to get the Nios II tools running on Linux, and there is no other error message to track down. If further information about the work environment is needed, I will gladly post it here.  Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.  --- Quote End ---   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Most problems that I hadwith Centos 6.5 linux 64-bit Quartus 12 nios2eds installations are missing 32-bit (i686) libraries... /usr/lib/libmissings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- use  yum list whatever   to see whatever is installed and use  yum install whatever-is-missing   to install the missing i686 libraries.     e.g.   yum list glibc libXext libX11 libXau libXdmcp freetype fontconfig expat I did: yum install expat.i686 yum install fontconfig.i686 yum install freetype.i686 yum install libX11.i686 ---------------------------------------------- ok... I saw the Quartus flash screen but sopc-builder can't start:( ---------------------------------------------- For me I ran    /opt/altera/12.1/quartus/sopc_builder/bin/sopc_builder   to see what 32-bit libraries are missing, I discovered libXtst.so is missing.. so yum again   yum install libXtst.i686     ---------------------------------------------- ok... saw the sopc builder flash screen but eclipse can't start :( I got the idea from here: http://aalonso.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/altera-quartus-2-on-fedora-11/ ----------------------------------------------   yum install gtk2.i686 // need for eclipse yum install libcanberra-gtk2.i686 // don't need   ----------------------------------------------   ----------- for usb blaster permission create file /etc/udev/rules.d/51-usbblaster.rules with content   # USB-Blaster BUS=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="09fb", SYSFS{idProduct}=="6001", MODE="0666" BUS=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="09fb", SYSFS{idProduct}=="6002", MODE="0666" BUS=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="09fb", SYSFS{idProduct}=="6003", MODE="0666" :)

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I had exactly the described problem. 

 yum install gtk2.i686 seems to have fixed it. Thanks!  Every tools seems to require some hidden i686 feature.