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15 years ago

Automated (silent) installer for Quartus 10.1

Hi all,

I did a search and couldn't really find anything relevant regarding 10.1.. so here's hoping someone can help me.

I am trying to deploy 10.1 via Altiris and I need an automated / silent solution. I realize the older versions used InstallShield and you could create an ISS file for silent / automated installations.. but it appears as if that isn't the case with 10.1

I have tried doing it via command line 20 different ways and it simply doesn't work... it will launch the GUI, but I need to install it with no user prompts or interaction whatsoever. It seems the default options are ok.

I know nothing about Quartus (at all... never even heard of it until last week) but it appears as if I have an entire suite to install:

10.1_Quartus_windows.exe

10.1_devices_windows.exe

10.1_dsp_builder_windows.exe

10.1_nios2eds_windows.exe

I need to create an automated installation package with the above software. I assume those are the default names, as that's what they were named when they were provided to me. Are there any MSI versions available for download?

Many thanks in advance.

Joe

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    15 years ago

    Really? 2 full weeks and I can't get a response from a vendor on a simple and straight forward question?

    Wow.

    I'm glad I don't have to make my living using this software and relying on it's HORRIBLE support. Good luck to the rest of you guys.
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    15 years ago

    have you taken a look at the Installation FAQ?

    http://www.altera.com/download/10.1/dnl-v101-download-installation-faq.html

    as far as i know there aren't any .msi installers

    i would try and use the small web based installer, check the save download files box, and download the complete install. then you should be able to relaunch the installer from command line and have the installer use the saved files. i believe it can be done with 1 command
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    15 years ago

    Yes, I checked the installation FAQ, and there doesn't seem to be anything in there that applies to what I am trying to accomplish.

    The web based installer is a no-go as well. Everything needs to be in the package when it get's pushed, I can't expect the user to wait for the files to download... especially when this is going to several hundred users at once.. Imagine them all trying to download this at the same time.

    Here is what I am trying to do in a nutshell.

    I work for a Defense Contractor, we take external vendor installations and re-wrap them in our own Wise wrapper to create our products. They are then pushed via Altiris to the end users (who have no access rights and are in a locked down environment) It's the Altiris account that get's used to when the installation occurs.

    I need to produce a package that will run automagically with no input (And more importantly no way to cancel / screw up the installation) from the users whatsoever, other than to launch the initial package once it becomes available.

    The software package gets cached via Altiris on the end users local machine until it is installed.

    Previous versions used an Installshield wrapper for the installer and you were able to create an ISS file that would automate the installation. They removed that feature with this version, and unless Altera also provides an MSI based installer or some other way to automate the installation, I don't see an easy fix for my problem.
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    15 years ago

    i understand you don't want every user to download the files. you should be able to bundle the installer and the pre-downloaded files in your package

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    15 years ago

    --- Quote Start ---

    i understand you don't want every user to download the files. you should be able to bundle the installer and the pre-downloaded files in your package

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    Here is what I was given to work with :

    10.1_Quartus_windows.exe - 1.2Gb

    10.1_devices_windows.exe - 3.08Gb

    10.1_dsp_builder_windows.exe - 67.8 Mb

    10.1_nios2eds_windows.exe - 813Mb

    I would assume those are the complete installation executables given their large file sizes.

    If there is a way to automate them, please clue me in as I have been unable to do it so far.

    When I've extracted the files from these .exe's, all I've been able to accomplish is launching the GUI interface via the cmd line installer.
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    15 years ago

    -go here: https://www.altera.com/download/dnl-index.jsp

    -click the Download Windows Version ( 12MB ) button

    -open the .exe

    -click Next until you get to Installer Setup. here you'll see the feature i'm trying to describe. notice the Specify the Installation Files Directory. i'm fairly certain you can specify this location from the command line installer as well, this is how i'm picturing you'll accomplish what you're after. anyhow you'll have to download the files once, so choose Download Installation Files from the Internet for now. click Next

    -on the Select Destination page, specify where you want to put the installation files its going to download from the web (which you'll be keeping for later to bundle with the command line installer in your installation package). check the Download only and install later button. click Next

    -check the boxes of everything you want to have installed on your client machines. click Next and it should go grab all the files from the web

    -now you'll have a directory with the installation files from the web. somewhere you'll find instructions for the command line installer to specify a location where the web install files exist locally. bundling the command line installer, the files locally on the disk, and the command for reading the local files i think you can achieve what you're after