Forum Discussion

Altera_Forum's avatar
Altera_Forum
Icon for Honored Contributor rankHonored Contributor
14 years ago

Altera Installer for Windows

Where exactly does one find this?

I'm trying to create an automated install Quartus. Based on my readings of the Installation and Licensing manual, I would require to either use the self extracting zip files, or the Altera Installer. According to the instructions I should "Launch the Altera Installer from the Download Center of the Altera website." When I explore the download section, the only thing I seem to be able to find are the stand alone executables. Where exactly does one find the Altera Installer for download?

6 Replies

  • Altera_Forum's avatar
    Altera_Forum
    Icon for Honored Contributor rankHonored Contributor
    14 years ago

    download the small (~20MB or so) web-based installer. you can then choose the Altera tools to download and not install

  • Altera_Forum's avatar
    Altera_Forum
    Icon for Honored Contributor rankHonored Contributor
    14 years ago

    i was doing an install this evening and noticed that it looks like they have taken away the file i was talking about

    try http://software.altera.com, there is a bigger variety of download types over there including the web-based installer

    Altera web team, what's going on with the download center?
  • Altera_Forum's avatar
    Altera_Forum
    Icon for Honored Contributor rankHonored Contributor
    14 years ago

    Well this explains why the person I was telling to use the web installer was all confused.....

  • Altera_Forum's avatar
    Altera_Forum
    Icon for Honored Contributor rankHonored Contributor
    14 years ago

    Thought I was golden there for a bit. I went to the software download library and I grabbed altera_installer.external.exe. I thought that was the right file. When I execute it manually, it presents me with 2 options. To install from a specific source or to pull files from the internet. I had 2 problems with this.

    First, despite me thinking I have the right file, none of the command lines from the KB article downloading and installing software at the command prompt work at all. Not even --help or -h.

    Secondly, if I try to run through this installation manually just to see how it works, I point to my source where I have:

    11.0sp1_quartus_windows.exe

    11.0sp1_devices1_windows.exe

    11.0sp1_devices2_windows.exe

    And it says that I have no valid installation files there. No idea where to go from here.
  • Altera_Forum's avatar
    Altera_Forum
    Icon for Honored Contributor rankHonored Contributor
    14 years ago

    Hmmm... apparently the files I already have are the self extracting Zip files. I'm gonna see if I can get an automated install running with those in the mean time.

  • Altera_Forum's avatar
    Altera_Forum
    Icon for Honored Contributor rankHonored Contributor
    14 years ago

    Okay, maybe not. None of the command lines from the installing software with self-extracting installers work either. Regardless of what command line I use, I get the GUI for the unzip.

    Either I'm completely lost, or the documentation in the KB thus far is pretty worthless.