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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_li...
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14 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? :-)