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16 years ago

Using Quartus and Nios IDE with Ubuntu 10.04

Hello,

I have made some tries to use Altera tools on the new Ubuntu release : Lucid (10.04). Even if it's a beta version, I think you will have some troubles with the official release.

Here are the changes I had to do:

- USB Blaster

The problem is not coming with this new version but with the kernel, some people already encountered it with Ubuntu 9.10 because of the fact USB fs became deprecated. That means you no more have your /proc/bus/usb repository. Then I have add these two lines 

mount --bind /dev/bus /proc/bus
ln -s /sys/kernel/debug/usb/devices /proc/bus/usb/devices

into the /etc/rc.local file. It was the only problem I had with Quartus but I don't have a huge use of this tool.

I have also try to compile the kernel with the usb fs option but it was not a good idea since no more usb peripherals were ok.

- Nios II IDE compilation

Each time I would like to compile a project or the sys lib, I had the message: 

Error: no processor component available.
make: ***  Error 1
SOPC_BUILDER_PATH may be incorrectly set in your environment.

The problem comes from an xorg library : libXi which is the 6.1.0 version with the Ubuntu Lucid. The Api seems to have change, then you will need to use the 6.0.0 version. You can simply copy your /usr/lib32/libXi.so.6.0.0 and change the symbolic link /usr/lib32/libXi.so.6

I hope these tips could be useful.

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  • Altera_Forum's avatar
    Altera_Forum
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    16 years ago

    Great post, thank you.

    I have encountered the same problems - but haven't tried your tips yet.
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    16 years ago

    In Ubuntu 9.10, I had to add these lines to /etc/environment to make Quartus and the Nios IDE work: 

    
QUARTUS_ROOTDIR=/opt/altera9.0/quartus
SOPC_KIT_NIOS2=/opt/altera9.0/nios2eds
SOPC_BUILDER_PATH_90=/opt/altera9.0/nios2eds
    (replace version numbers as required)
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    16 years ago

    Just in case someone needs the libXi.so.6.0.0 required to run eclipse, I've attached it...with a "phony" .txt attachment suffix that you'll have to rename.

    Cheers,

    -slacker
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    16 years ago

    It worked for me thanks !

    Don't forget to test the new Quartus GUI by using qgui instead of quartus ;)
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    16 years ago

    Hi.

    Can you give-me a help?

    I already installed Quartus Web Edition in my Ubuntu 10.04, but I can't do this run. I get this message error when I try to run:

    quartus: /opt/altera9.1sp2/quartus/linux/libuuid.so.1: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libSM.so.6)

    quartus: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libXi.so: undefined symbol: XESetWireToEventCookie

    I read the post but I didn't understand where I can get libXi6.0.0, and if this change can affect other programs too.

    Someone can give-me a help?

    Thanks
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    16 years ago

    Just download file from the slacker's post and copy it to the library directory: 

    
 cp libXi.so.6.0.0.txt   /usr/lib/libXi.so.6.0.0
ln -s -f /usr/lib/libXi.so.6.0.0 /usr/lib/libXi.so.6
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    16 years ago

    --- Quote Start ---

    Just download file from the slacker's post and copy it to the library directory: 

    
 cp libXi.so.6.0.0.txt   /usr/lib/libXi.so.6.0.0
ln -s -f /usr/lib/libXi.so.6.0.0 /usr/lib/libXi.so.6

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    Thanks man. Now it's working.
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    16 years ago

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    /opt/altera9.1sp2/quartus/bin or similar

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    I have this content: 

    
ls /opt/altera/quartus/bin/
altgx_diffmifgen  mwcontrol    quartus_cpf   quartus_pgm   quartus_staw
altgx_mifgen      pll_cmd      quartus_drc   quartus_pow   quartus_stp
clearbox          qcmd         quartus_eda   quartus_rpp   quartus_tan
dmf_ver           qmegawiz     quartus_fit   quartus_sh    tb2_install
jtagconfig        quartus      quartus_g2b   quartus_si    tclsh
jtagd             quartus_asm  quartus_jbcc  quartus_sim
mif2hex           quartus_cdb  quartus_jli   quartus_smew
mwcleanup         quartus_cmd  quartus_map   quartus_sta

    Need I reinstall something?