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It is an interesting question whether Altera's published MD5 is accurate or not. If you downloaded the file more than once, and more than one of those downloads have the same local MD5 values, then I'd say that your local files are probably right (or at least is the same as what Altera sent you), and the WWW page MD5 list may be wrong.
I had an apparent MD5 mismatch problem with the combined linux/windows ".iso" format quartus II 11.0 download a couple of weeks ago, and after verifying that someone else had also downloaded a file with the same 'wrong' MD5, I got Altera to double-check the listing, and, indeed, they had forgotten to update the MD5 listed on the web page when they made a last minute change to the released installer file, so my local MD5 was correct, and their listing was wrong. They fixed that listing, and I assume they would have checked / fixed the other MD5s for the other files at the same time if there was a chance of those also being incorrect.
Unfortunately I'm on a very limited internet connection, so I haven't personally checked the other MD5s, only the .iso file of the linux+windows combined 11.0 release.
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Sorry to hear that, both about your MD5 problem and your limited connection.
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If you want to try zsync I can get you a zsync file for the 11.0 linux + windows ISO image file, though I don't know how much that corresponds to the data in the "windows only" or "linux only" files, and, anyway, it wouldn't help if you already deleted your "incorrect" downloads.
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Thanks but it's okay, I've got it sorted out already.
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There are some recent posts about some of quartus 11.0's software (maybe qsys?) not working properly (giving strange error messages and failing) if the locale is not set to something like "en-US"; I'm not sure if it could also cause the problems you've experienced.
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No it wasn't the cause of the problems the real cause, well I'm not really sure but there's a solution for it. It's below. Hope it helps others facing the same problem I've faced. :)
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af1010 doesn't really stand for anything, I just wanted to be able to remember it was for altera forums when I wrote it down or had it stored in the browser history.
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Haha okay
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Good luck with your new download / install.
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Thank you for the wish! I guess it succeeded with your wish, or something. :p
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If it doesn't work you should save the new file, check the local MD5 versus Altera's page, and ask altera about whether they've been listing the correct MD5 for whatever version you've downloaded -- chances are your file may be OK after all, though that would be frustrating since it would mean that you still have to figure out some other reason why the installer doesn't work.
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Ookay the MD5 is the same, just checked. This can only mean two things:
- They only recently changed it
- The ones I downloaded are, I dunno, corrupted? What is the MD5 for anyway?
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Another effective way of installing Quartus II 11.0 Web Edition is to
click on the download windows version on this page:
zzz.altera.com/download/software/quartus-ii-se zzz.altera.com/download/software/quartus-ii-se.
Once started you can deselect the Subscription Edition and select the Web Edition instead.
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Deselect? I don't see the "deselect" option, unless you mean click on the "Quartus II Web Edition" on the left.
Anyway this is how I dealt with it and managed to get it to install perfectly and work too:
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[*]use firefox to download web edition but... and...
[*]use altera's download manager to download the huge file
[*]install the file after downloaded
[*]works!
[/list] That's it! Don't know what really was the problem though.
Thanks a lot af1010 and josyb for helping me out! If there's any help you two need I'll help if within my capabilities :)
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