Error: ip-generate FAILED

Description

Due to a problem in the Quartus® Prime software version 16.1, you may see this error in the SDK for OpenCL compiler. This error occurs because Qsys is not set on the PATH by default.

Resolution

To work around this problem, set the the path to your Qsys directory

For Windows,

set PATH=%PATH%;<path_to_your_quartus_installation_dir>\qsys\bin

For Linux,

export PATH=$PATH:<path_to_your_quartus_installation_dir>/qsys/bin

This problem has been fixed beginning with version 16.1 Update 1 od the Quartus Prime software.