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jesseopdenbrouw
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10 months ago
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Quartus Prime Lite 2025.1 QuestaSim Starter asks for SALT_LICENSE_SERVER

I have just installed Quartus Prime Lite 2025.1 with Questasim Starter Edition 2025.2. I have created a license file via the Intel License server. But vsim won't start: Version: jesse@JESSE-PC:~$ ...
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  • FvM's avatar
    FvM
    10 months ago

    Hi,

    you need an enviroment variable entry
    SALT_LICENSE_SERVER=<Questa license file location>
    e.g. SALT_LICENSE_SERVER=C:\intelFPGA_pro\LR-228608_License.dat

    Unfortunately incorrect in recent docs. See https://community.altera.com/discussions/quartus-prime/questa---altera-fpga-starter-edition-2025-2-quartus-prime-pro-25-1std-license-er/337573

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jesseopdenbrouw
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10 months ago

Hi all,

 

Yes, it works now. It's a little confusing though, to use SALT_LICENSE_SERVER.

But now it works.

Thanks all.

Cheers, Jesse