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Honored Contributorsolaris install doesn't work right
i have the de1 board for a college course but i'm having trouble installing the software. i installed opensolaris since i usually use ubuntu which is not supported. no matter where i install it i keep getting a message like this.
[quote/Is there at least 6367984 kbytes available in /altera (type n to stop this installation)? (y/n): y /media/ALTERA_SOFTWARE/tools/solaris/compare: Invalid argument ------------------------------------------------------------ You do not have enough disk space to install the requested items. There are only 6367984 kbytes in /altera. --- Quote End --- i have plenty of hd space but it's just not installing. i don't know what to do.4 Replies
Altera_ForumDoes the Ubuntu installation instructions work for Solaris too? Wonder why they drop support for Solaris? OpenSolaris is open source anyway...
- Altera_Forum
You must have an old version of Quartus then, because support for Solaris has been dropped since 8.0 I think.
You can try and follow this guide (http://www.nioswiki.com/@api/deki/files/43/=altera_software_installation_tutorial_for_ubuntu.pdf). According to it, you must ensure that you have tcsh installed and not csh. It could be the cause... - Altera_Forum
but it says tight on the box that it supports solaris. it even asks you if you're installing it to solaris or linux in the installer! i also tried it in ubuntu but i got the same problem
- Altera_Forum
Solaris isn't supported. The only unix-like OS supported are Linux distributions: Red HaT Enterprise, SUSE Enterprise and Cent OS.
You can install it on Ubuntu or any other linux distribution though, even if it's not supported.
