Why do I get a "permission denied" error when installing the Altera Complete Design Suite version 8.1 on Red Hat Linux 5.0 32-bit and 64-bit machines?

Description

This error is caused by the default mounting option in Red Hat Linux 5.0.  You may encounter the same error if you are using CentOS5 or other Linux distro such as openSUSE 11 and Fedora 9.

 

To install the Altera Complete Design Suite version 8.1 on Linux 5.0, perform the following steps:-

 

1.       Insert the DVD.

2.       Run

 

mount -o ro,nosuid,nodev,uid=0 /dev/<cd_device_node> /<mount_directory>

 

If you are using CentOS 5, <cd_device_node> is hdc.

 

3.       Run

 

/<mount_directory>/install

 

 

This problem is fixed in Altera Complete Design Suite version 9.0 for openSUSE 11 and Fedora 9.

Please refer to Operating System Support for more information on Quartus® II software operating system support.