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Altera_Forum
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8 years ago

Fails trying to install Quartus prime on ARCH LINUX

Cannot install either thru AUR or from .tar -file provided on webpage.

Error messages: https://imgur.com/a/sxuwp

I'm new to this board and if the thread is misplaced, I would appriciate if a moderator could move it!

Thanks

Sixtenson

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    8 years ago

    Hi ... could you give exact details of the Arch system? Regards, Jonathan.

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    8 years ago

    All linux versions are not created equal. If you want to run Quartus on linux, best to choose one of the supported versions as listed on the Quartus web page.

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    8 years ago

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    Hi ... could you give exact details of the Arch system? Regards, Jonathan.

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    Of course!

    OS: Arch Linux

    Kernel: x86_64 Linux 4.15.2-1-ARCH

    Shell: bash 4.4.19

    DE: GNOME

    CPU: Intel Core i7-7500U @ 4x 3.5GHz

    GPU: intel

    I have tried downloading from Alteras webpage, but I get an error message about a conflicting lib file right at the end, so I can't start the program...

    Best regards

    Sixtenson
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    8 years ago

    Hi ...

    Having done quite a lot of Quartus command line installation on Ubuntu (and a little on Red Hat) I thought I'd try on Arch. It appears to get itself into some sort of loop and won't complete. As others have said, I'd recommend trying one of the supported Linux platforms.

    Sorry nothing more positive to report!

    Regards,

    Jonathan.

    Uname says 

    Linux archlinux 4.14.15-1-ARCH# 1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Jan 23 21:49:25 UTC 2018 x86_64 GNU/Linux

    Installation command was 

    ./tmp.installquartus.sh/unpack.16.1.0.196/components/QuartusLiteSetup-16.1.0.196-linux.run --mode unattended --unattendedmodeui none --installdir /home/archlinux/altera/
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    8 years ago

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    All linux versions are not created equal. If you want to run Quartus on linux, best to choose one of the supported versions as listed on the Quartus web page.

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    Thanks for the reply, but I cant get any version to work, sadly.

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    Sorry nothing more positive to report!

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    Thanks for trying!
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    4 years ago

    I’ve also had issues with the installer hanging… but I was able to work around this by installing Quartus Prime Lite and Model Sim separately (using the provided installers in the 

    components
    folder). So maybe the following might work for you, or perhaps provide more debug output than the GUI installers that just hang.

    Before installing, I created the final install directory manually (just in case the installer complained about the directories not already being there):

    $ mkdir -p "/home/${USER}/altera_lite/16.0/"

    Now, go to the setup directory (contains 

    setup.sh
    ), enter the 
    components
    directory, and try running the installers there separately, and without any GUI, as shown below (make sure to change the version numbers as appropriate):

    $ cd components
$ ./QuartusLiteSetup-16.0.0.211-linux.run --mode text \
    --disable-components quartus_help,modelsim_ase,modelsim_ae \
    --installdir "/home/${USER}/altera_lite/16.0/";
$ ./ModelSimSetup-16.0.0.211-linux.run --mode text \
    --installdir "/home/${USER}/altera_lite/16.0/" \
    --modelsim_edition modelsim_ase;

    Hope this helps someone out!