Error: The Quartus II software cannot be started

Description

If, when using the Quartus II Web Edition software version 11.0, you start the Nios II command shell with the command

nios2_command_shell.sh

the Quartus II Web Edition software generates an error similar to the following:

***The Quartus II software cannot be started because the current platform, ‘linux64’ does not appear to be installed in: ‘/home/sqa/altera/11.0a/quartus’.

Resolution

You may safely ignore this message. The Nios II software starts and continues to work as expected.