Quartus installation on Linux
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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 15.1 and update
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
