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EHepl
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5 years ago

Using Quartus 19.1 Lite on Windows 10 - Platform Designer failed when executing "Generate HDL". Appears that command "wsl" is missing?

Trying to "Generate HDL". No errors reported while constructing system in platform designer GUI, but when "Generate HDL" button pressed, errors appear. Please see attached "log". Appears to be loo...
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RichardT_altera
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5 years ago

Could you try to reinstall again with the installation procedure from the user guide?

Let me know if it solves the issue.

The procedure for installing WSL:

1. Go to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10 and follow Microsoft*'s instructions to install Ubuntu 18.04 LTS for WSL.

Note: Windows 10 build version 16215.0 or higher is the recommended operating system version.

2. After installation has successfully completed, launch Ubuntu 18.04.

3. Install additional distro packages required for Nios II EDS using the following commands:

  • sudo apt install wsl
  • sudo apt install dos2unix sudo apt install make

Reference: https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/programmable/us/en/pdfs/literature/manual/quartus_install.pdf#page=6

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EHepl
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5 years ago

Looks like my other "comment" to this posting isn't here...

I already have "wsl" on my Windows 10 machine. I've been using it for years (but didn't recognize it as "wsl" since I think of it as Bash for Windows or Ubuntu). It is running Ubuntu 18.04

It already has the "up-to-date" version of dos2unix and make (reported when doing the apt install), but I didn't realize that I needed to add "wsl" on the Ubuntu side. That has now been done.

My other post also mentioned that this .qsys file works in Quartus Prime Lite version 18.1, but doesn't work in Quartus Prime Lite version 19.1

After adding "wsl", I tried again to "Generate HDL" on the same .qsys file using Quartus 19.1, and still have the problem. I uploaded a screen capture of the issue. Claims it can't generate IP in a windows environment.

Are some of the tools in the 19.1 distribution "Linux only"?