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15 years ago

Modelsim-Altera Starter Edition on Ubuntu

I have installed Quartus 10.1 on an Ubuntu 10.04 system.

After this I have succesfully installed the Starter Editions of Modelsim-Altera

I have installed versions 6.6c and 6.6d Service packs

I have been trying to simulate a simple project using modelsim.

The project is successfully synthesized. However during the simulation phase i get the following error: 


Info: Starting NativeLink simulation with ModelSim-Altera software
Sourced NativeLink script /home/chiraag/altera/10.1/quartus/common/tcl/internal/nativelink/modelsim.tcl
Error: Can't launch the ModelSim-Altera software -- the path to the location of the executables for the ModelSim-Altera software were not specified or the executables were not found at specified path.
Error: You can specify the path in the EDA Tool Options page of the Options dialog box or using the Tcl command set_user_option.
Error: NativeLink simulation flow was NOT successful

I believe I have set the correct path on the EDA Tool Options page. I have set this: 


/home/chiraag/altera/10.1/modelsim_ase/linuxaloem

However the error persists. Any suggestions?

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  • Altera_Forum's avatar
    Altera_Forum
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    15 years ago

    They do have installers for linux on the download page. So I guess it does work on Linux

    EDIT:

    I am able to run modelsim by browsing to the directory and then using the ./vsim command.

    So modelsim seems to be installed right. Not sure why it cant pickup the settings from quartus though.
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    15 years ago

    ModelSim-Altera Starter Edition is supported on Linux, i use it on Fedora 13

    if you want to double check the settings try: 

    
$ cat ~/.altera.quartus/quartus2.ini

    look for [EDA_Tool_Paths 10.0]
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    15 years ago

    I checked the file. It doesn't have the required paths.

    Can you post the relevant section from your file.
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    15 years ago

    
EDA_TOOL_ENABLE_NATIVELINK_FOR_SYNPLIFY_NODE_LOCKED_LICENSE = off
EDA_TOOL_PATH_MODELSIM_ALTERA = /path_to_install/altera/10.1/modelsim_ase/linuxaloem