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Altera_Forum
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9 years ago

Free (starter) version of ModelSim-Altera can't be lauched

Dear Forum members, I have encountered a problem with Quartus Prime and ModelSim-Altera. The tool properly analyzes and elaborates my model but refuses to perform an RTL simulation with the fol...
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JFrye7
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5 years ago

It looks like I am having the same issue on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. I try to point the ModelSim-Altera path to <install-dir>/modelsim_ase/bin, then it is tilling me I need to set LM_LICENSE_FILE. Okay, where is the license file in the install? Isn't this supposed to be free?

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/programmable/support/support-resources/download/licensing/lic-q2se_licenses.html

The free Quartus Prime Lite Edition, legacy Quartus II Web Edition (v8.1 and later), and ModelSim-Altera Starter Edition software do not require a license.

Tried the regular ModelSim path suggestion above, pointing it to <install-dir>/modelsim_ase/linuxaloem/bin but I get the same error.

Am I missing something here?