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14 years ago

How to install Quartus II Web Edition Software on Ubuntu 11.04

Here my steps and where I'm stuck:

I'm on Mac OS X running VMWare running Ubuntu 11.04:

1- Go to web page to download quartus 2 11.0

2- Download 11.0_quartus_free_linux.sh

3- chmod +x ./11.0_quartus_free_linux.sh

4- sudo ./11.0_quartus_free_linux.sh

Creating directory 11.0_quartus_free_linux

Verifying archive integrity... All good.

Uncompressing Quartus II Web Edition (Free).......................................................................................................................................................................................................

altera_installer/bin/altera_installer_gui: error while loading shared libraries: libz.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

So I try sudo apt-cache search libz the lib that are there seem to be already installed....

Check on the forum and Google and the installation instruction without founding the way to fix that.

Does anyone have a way to troubleshoot this?

Best Regards,

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# UPDATE: [SOLVED] Ubuntu 11.10

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see link

http://www.alteraforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=33857

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  • Altera_Forum's avatar
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    14 years ago

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    So you're using an FX2-based USB-Blaster clone then?

    What happens if you use a real USB-Blaster?

    Cheers,

    Dave

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    No sorry I was only referring to the explanation about the warning and it was making sense to me.
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    14 years ago

    It must be a clone though, look at the differences in lsusb output, eg. the manufacturer is EPFL and there are extra end-points.

    Cheers,

    Dave
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    14 years ago

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    VMWare update output : Version 3.1.3 is the newest version available.

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    For VMWare Fusion. I tested VMWare Workstation under Windows 7 and USB-Blaster would not work.

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    JTAG server, I have seen the option but not sure how to setup this :(

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    It requires Quartus on the host machine, which you cannot do.

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    Put since i'm on MAC.... ??? The usbip is not supported only on Linux... maybe I'm wrong will check this....

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    I'd be interesting in hearing if it does. Its a neat solution.

    Cheers,

    Dave
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    14 years ago

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    It must be a clone though, look at the differences in lsusb output, eg. the manufacturer is EPFL and there are extra end-points.

    Cheers,

    Dave

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    I install Ubuntu natively on a MAC mini and I have the same lsusb output. So maybe it's a driver problem and not a VM one ?!

    What's strange is in the console I have a error when I'm pressing on the programmer options in Tools::: 

    
*** The Quartus II software cannot be started because the current platform,
    'linux64', does not appear to be installed in:
    '/home/faky/altera/11.0/quartus'.
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    14 years ago

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    I install Ubuntu natively on a MAC mini and I have the same lsusb output. So maybe it's a driver problem and not a VM one ?!

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    The output of lsusb is based on what is read from the device, i.e., the USB-Blaster. My question is, is that a real USB-Blaster, or some sort of clone? If its a clone, do you know if it works *at all*?

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    What's strange is in the console I have a error when I'm pressing on the programmer options in Tools::: 

    
*** The Quartus II software cannot be started because the current platform,
    'linux64', does not appear to be installed in:
    '/home/faky/altera/11.0/quartus'.

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    I'm not sure what the solution for that is, I have not seen that error. Try Googling or searching through the Altera Forum.

    Cheers,

    Dave
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    14 years ago

    So basically my setup could be describe as:

    A microcontroller acts as a bridge between the FPGA and the USB connection. It is a EZ-USB FX2 microcontroller from Cypress Semiconductor. Two endpoints (read and write) are used for bulk transfers. They each have 512 bytes dual buffers. The endpoints are accessed from the FPGA using a 16 bits bidirectional FIFO bus and simple controls and flags. The software in the microcontroller runs independently of the endpoint, to allow the fastest transfer possible. This software contains a code that turns the microcontroller to a USB JTAG adapter. It allows the device to emulate the USB-Blaster Download Cable from Altera and program the FPGA through the same USB connection. General purpose IO pins from the Cypress microcontroller are connected to the JTAG port to program the FPGA and its flash memory. The code was originally written by FPGA4fun, FPGA4U and other collaborators and it was modified and enhanced to suit our needs.

    thx for the link for linux64 it solved the problem !

    THX
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    14 years ago

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    So basically my setup could be describe as:

    A microcontroller acts as a bridge between the FPGA and the USB connection. It is a EZ-USB FX2 microcontroller from Cypress Semiconductor ...

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    Ok, so its a clone like that designed by Kolja Waschk

    http://ixo-jtag.sourceforge.net/

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    thx for the link for linux64 it solved the problem !

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    Cool!

    Please try the usbip option too if you can. I'd be interested in seeing if it works on a MAC.

    Cheers,

    Dave
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    14 years ago

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    Ok, so its a clone like that designed by Kolja Waschk

    http://ixo-jtag.sourceforge.net/

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    mmm didn't know about it will read thx!

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    Please try the usbip option too if you can. I'd be interested in seeing if it works on a MAC.

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    I'm reading about it!

    GOOD news!!!

    From the native installation from my mac mini I re-click on hardware setup and the USB Blaster was list. So I think that the symbolic link solved the problem. I try to flash a jic file and it result on a "100% (Successful)".

    For the VM I manage to detect the USB Blaster from Hardware setup put when I try to flash it result in a "(Failed)"

    So I can conclude that the problem is from VMWare :))

    kap