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14 years ago

Quartus 8.1 on Linux

We have an old development project running with Quartus V8.1 which works fine on XP. Our new development PCs are Windows7 which is unsupported with Quartus, so I thought I'd try running the Lin...
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14 years ago

Try adding the following directories to your path: (Of course using the correct install directory for your 8.1 install..)

/opt/altera/11.1/quartus/sopc_builder/bin/:

/opt/altera/11.1/nios2eds/bin:

/opt/altera/11.1/nios2eds/sdk2/bin:

/opt/altera/11.1/nios2eds/bin/gnu/H-i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin:

Of course for longevity, I would try to migrate to the newest tools, but if that isn't possible, a Virtual Machine is a nice way to archive old projects. Generate a VM with Windows XP and all the tools you need, and build it in that. (Vmware player is free! and works great!)

Pete