OpenCL directly in DE1-SOC with Linux Ubuntu

Thanks for the tutorial link, but I think you missed the question being asked. As far as I am aware the out-of-box procedure only provides a basic Linux version with BusyBox v1.20.2 for the basic commands, but has no other development tools.

Q "Is it possible to run OpenCL FPGA programs on the board with ubuntu?"

I think that Altera should supply a well known Linux image that can be setup in minimum time. The lack of a usable image is as a major impediment to newbies wanting to start using OpenCL on Altera FPGA boards.

I am currently trying to set up a Debian Linux distro for running on a DE0-nano-SoC. It is taking some time.

It would be good if Altera could supply a Ubuntu or Debian image with OpenCL setup ready to use.