Thanks again for the prompt response.
Unfortunately, I have still not been able to get it to work.
I did read the installation guide and learned that I should have put the ..quartus/bin
directory in my path. So I did that, but it still didn't work. I don't think that was the problem, though.
Next I deleted the whole /alt directory with the idea of going for the default location,
but when I tried to install that way, I got:
<<
rut/home/mr/Downloads\:ls
11.1sp2_259_quartus_free_linux 11.1sp2_259_quartus_free_linux.sh
rut/home/mr/Downloads\:./11*.sh
Creating directory 11.1sp2_259_quartus_free_linux
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing Quartus II Web Edition (Free)...................................................................................................................................................................................................
./setup: 1: Syntax error: "&" unexpected
>>
Thanks again for any suggestions.
Marion