Modelsim-Altera

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Introduction

Altera provide a integrated version of Modelsim for its FPGA.

To simulate design with less than 10000 lines of code it's possible to get it from free. It's called the Starter Edition. This articles explain how to install the modelsim-altera starter edition on Linux (Ubuntu/Debian).

Installation guide

We assume that modelsim will be installed under /opt/quartus/ directory.

Download

• Browse altera download page
• Download the ModelSim-Altera Edition (includes Starter Edition) (about 1.1GB), you must be logged in.

Launch installer

• Make it executable :

$ cd /opt/quartus/
$ chmod +x QuartusSetup-14.1.1.190-linux.run