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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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Sharafat
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2 years ago

I am Installing QuartusLiteSetup-20.1.0.711-linux in Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS. After Installing I faced the same message Can't launch ModelSim-Altera Simulation software -- make sure .

Luckily this is solved by installing the following package in my lenovo intel machine.

sudo apt-get install libxft2:i386

This is a permanent solution for me.

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    sohamc1909
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    2 years ago

    Hi, I cannot find the package libxft2:i386 on my Ubuntu 23 machine. I am running on an Intel i5. What could a possible fix for this?


    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree... Done
    Reading state information... Done
    E: Unable to locate package libxft2:i386