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nick30
New Contributor
2 years agoI have a linux installation of questa intel starter edition-64 2021.2 and I have a licensing problem
I've run into an issue with my intel questasim installation. When I run 'vsim' in my linux command line I receive an error message "Unable to checkout a viewer license necessary for use of the Questa...
AR_A_Intel
Super Contributor
2 years agoHello
Welcome to INTEL forum. Could you help to regenerate again a new license.dat file in SSLC and try the new generate license, see how things go. To acquire the free license for Questa Sim Starter Edition, you can request it through SSLC by following these steps.
1) Go to “Sign up for Evaluation or No-Cost licenses”
2) Select Questa*-Intel® FPGA Starter Edition (SW-QUESTA)
3) # of Seats is always 1
4) Check the T&C box
5) Create Computer *license type “FLOAT”
5) Click “Generate” button
The license will be sent to email that you register with
For more Refer the steps here, Guide to generate license file.