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Altera_Forum
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10 years ago

Error installing Altera Complete Design Suite v12.1 for Windows

Hello everyone,

I am currently using Windows 7 and I am having problem with the installation of Altera version 12.1. Tried too many times, but the problem still persist. I tried installing from the CD installer and also downloaded it from Altera website but the same error shows. These are the errors:

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "d:/SJ/nightly/12.1/177/w32/work/installers/windows32\build\pyi.win32\altera_installer_gui\outPYZ1.pyz/process", line 137, in start

File "d:/SJ/nightly/12.1/177/w32/work/installers/windows32\build\pyi.win32\altera_installer_gui\outPYZ1.pyz/subprocess", line 621, in __init__

File "d:/SJ/nightly/12.1/177/w32/work/installers/windows32\build\pyi.win32\altera_installer_gui\outPYZ1.pyz/subprocess", line 830, in _execute_child

WindowsError: [Error 2] The system cannot find the file specified

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These are the errors. Please somebody help me.It's urgent. Thank you in advance.

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    Altera_Forum
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    10 years ago

    Windows has a file name length limit. Try it with the installer in C:\. Also, make sure the install location has a short name with every character A-Z, a-z or 0-9 and no spaces in the name (like "Program Files") I just use C:\altera