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Introduction

Quartus web edition 14.0 is the software used to synthesize bitstream for Altera FPGAs. It's required for the cyclone V soldered on APF6SP.

Installation guide for version 14.0

Package needed

On debian jessie :

sudo apt-get install libstdc++5 libmotif4 libxp6 libcurl3
# for 64 arch, install also 32bits packets:
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt-get install libstdc++5:i386 libmotif4:i386 libxp6:i386 libcurl3:i386

Download

Download the big (4GB) quartus installer here (Use "download software web edition" button).

Uncompress and install

• Untar the archive :

 tar -xvf Quartus-web-14.0.0.200-linux.tar

• run the installer:

 bash setup.sh 

• follow the instructions to install it where you want.

configure .bashrc

Adding the path of your quartus in ~/.bashrc

export ALTERAPATH="/opt/quartus/altera/14.0/"
export ALTERAOCLSDKROOT="${ALTERAPATH}/hld"
export QUARTUS_ROOTDIR=${ALTERAPATH}/quartus
export QUARTUS_ROOTDIR_OVERRIDE="$QUARTUS_ROOTDIR"
export PATH=$PATH:${ALTERAPATH}/quartus/bin
export PATH=$PATH:${ALTERAPATH}/nios2eds/bin

Launch Quartus

To launch quartus, open a terminal and simply type :

$ quartus

USB-Blaster

USB-BLaster is an USB JTAG adaptor usefull to debug altera FPGA. Under Linux some rights must be added to use it with quartus.

• create an udev rules files in :

/etc/udev/rules.d/altera-usb-blaster.rules

• And add following configuration :

ATTR{idVendor}=="09fb", ATTR{idProduct}=="6001", MODE="666" 

Version 15.0

Version 15.1 with update.

• Download the big archive (24GB) on the download center:

Quartus-15.1.0.185-linux-complete.tar

• Go to a hiking trail (min 4 hours)

• Download the update patch :

QuartusSetup-15.1.1.189-linux.run

• Untar the big archive:

$ tar -xvf Quartus-15.1.0.185-linux-complete.tar

• Take a coffee (~10 min)

• Launch the installing setup :

./setup.sh 

• follow the instructions to install it where you want

• Wait for 10 more minutes

Links

• Installation guide for Debian on Altera's official wiki
• USB-Blaster installation guide for debian
• Altera wiki
• Altera forum