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14 years ago

ubuntu 11.10 quartus install "./setup: 1: Syntax error: "&" unexpected"

FWIW, I ran into this installation script failure when installing the quartus 11.1 sp2 into ubunto 11.10.

bash 11.1sp2_259_quartus_free_linux.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

The workaround was to change directory to where the archive is being expanded (on my system this was "~/11.1sp2_259_quartus_free_linux") and type this command.

bash ./setup

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    14 years ago

    Another workaround would be to change /bin/sh to point to /bin/bash

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    14 years ago

    I'm have the same problem with quartus 11.1 sp2 on ubuntu 10.04 LTS! Solutions?

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    14 years ago

    haulisson,

    Same workaround might work in your situation.

    The workaround was to change directory to where the archive is being expanded (on my system this was "~/11.1sp2_259_quartus_free_linux") and type this command.

    bash ./setup

    Note that "~" is a pseudonym for the home directory on UNIX systems.

    Jeff
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    14 years ago

    I find the error.

    My Ubuntu 10.04 LTS don't have the sch and ie32-lib. I only install this two components that installation work fine here.

    I already using the command " Bash ./11.1_173_quartus_linux.sh and bash ./setup

    THX JeffreyOHill
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    13 years ago

    FWIW, now I am installing Altera 12.0 into Ubuntu and there are problems which the above workaround doesn't address (the installer GUI seems to be unable to find the Altera installer files).

    This time my workaround was to edit altera_installer.external.sh

    line 11 before:

    script="./setup"

    line 11 after:

    script="bash ./setup"
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    13 years ago

    Isn't this all just related to the fact that Ubuntu uses /bin/dash not /bin/bash as the default "/bin/sh" (Bourne Shell)?

    Wouldn't it be easier to just make the "/bin/sh" soft link point to /bin/bash? I think Ubuntu even provides an automated way to do this, but it's easy enough to just create the link yourself.

    Or am I way off? :-)
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    13 years ago

    > Wouldn't it be easier to just make the "/bin/sh" soft link

    > point to /bin/bash? I think Ubuntu even provides an

    > automated way to do this, but it's easy enough to just

    > create the link yourself.

    That's a somewhat more intrusive solution as _all_

    software, i.e. software not from Altera, running on the

    system is impacted.

    Since you bring up the idea of optimizing the solution ;-),

    IMHO, the best solution would be for Altera to change the

    first line of their install scripts specifying "#!/bin/bash"

    instead of "#!/bin/sh" if bash is in fact the type of script

    dialect that is being written.