Install Modelsim/Quartus on Ubuntu 20.04/Fedora 32

installation_steps.md

How to install Modelsim and Quartus on Fedora 32 and Ubuntu 20.04

I tried these steps in virtual machines with these OSes, and successfully got Modelsim and Quartus to open.

1. Update your system.

   Fedora:

   sudo dnf upgrade --refresh

   Ubuntu:

   sudo apt update
   sudo apt upgrade

2. Install dependencies.

   Fedora:

   sudo dnf install libX11.i686 libXext.i686 libXft.i686 libuuid.i686 libnsl.i686 libnsl.x86_64 \
                    libtool zlib-devel.x86_64 zlib-static.x86_64 zlib-devel.i686 zlib-static.i686 \
                    ncurses-compat-libs.i686 glibc-devel.i686 libstdc++-devel.i686 glibc-devel

   Ubuntu:

   sudo apt install gcc-multilib g++-multilib lib32z1 \
       lib32stdc++6 lib32gcc1 libxt6:i386 libxtst6:i386 expat:i386 \
       fontconfig:i386 libfreetype6:i386 libexpat1:i386 libc6:i386 \
       libgtk-3-0:i386 libcanberra0:i386 libice6:i386 libsm6:i386 \
       libncurses5:i386 zlib1g:i386 libx11-6:i386 libxau6:i386 \
       libxdmcp6:i386 libxext6:i386 libxft2:i386 libxrender1:i386 \
       zlib1g-dev libtool autoconf build-essential pkg-config \
       automake

3. Install libpng from source:

   wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libp/libpng/libpng_1.2.54.orig.tar.xz
   tar xvf libpng_1.2.54.orig.tar.xz
   cd libpng_1.2.54
   ./autogen.sh
   ./configure # Add `--prefix=/usr/` for Fedora.
   make
   sudo make install
   sudo ldconfig

4. Run the installation script:

   ./QuartusLiteSetup-18.1.0.625-linux.run

5. Make the vco script writable:

   chmod u+w ~/intelFPGA_lite/18.1/modelsim_ase/vco

6. Make a backup of the vco file:

   cp ~/intelFPGA_lite/18.1/modelsim_ase/vco \
       ~/intelFPGA_lite/18.1/modelsim_ase/vco_original

7. Edit the vco script:

   sed -i 's/linux\_rh[[:digit:]]\+/linux/g' \
       ~/intelFPGA_lite/18.1/modelsim_ase/vco
   sed -i 's/MTI_VCO_MODE:-""/MTI_VCO_MODE:-"32"/g' \
       ~/intelFPGA_lite/18.1/modelsim_ase/vco
   sed -i '/dir=`dirname "$arg0"`/a export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${dir}/lib32' \
       ~/intelFPGA_lite/18.1/modelsim_ase/vco

8. Verify the vco script was edited correctly:

   diff ~/intelFPGA_lite/18.1/modelsim_ase/vco \
       ~/intelFPGA_lite/18.1/modelsim_ase/vco_original

   should yield

   13c13
   < mode=${MTI_VCO_MODE:-"32"}
   ---
   > mode=${MTI_VCO_MODE:-""}
   51d50
   < export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${dir}/lib32
   211c210
   <           *)                vco="linux" ;;
   ---
   >           *)                vco="linux_rh60" ;;
   

9. Install libfreetype:

   wget download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/freetype-2.4.12.tar.bz2
   tar xjf freetype-2.4.12.tar.bz2
   cd freetype-2.4.12/
   ./configure --build=i686-pc-linux-gnu "CFLAGS=-m32" \
   "CXXFLAGS=-m32" "LDFLAGS=-m32"
   make clean
   make
   cd ~/intelFPGA_lite/18.1/modelsim_ase/
   mkdir lib32
   cp ~/freetype-2.4.12/objs/.libs/libfreetype.so* lib32/

   For Fedora install fontconfig as well:

   mkdir fontconfig-2.13.0-4.3.el7
   cd fontconfig-2.13.0-4.3.el7
   wget https://rpmfind.net/linux/centos/7.8.2003/os/x86_64/Packages/fontconfig-2.13.0-4.3.el7.i686.rpm
   rpm2cpio fontconfig-2.13.0-4.3.el7.i686.rpm | cpio -idmv
   cp usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1 ~/intelFPGA_lite/18.1/modelsim_ase/lib32/

Now both Modelsim and Quartus should open.

To make sure you can upload to your FPGA board (or whichever you're using), add a new file named /etc/udev/rules.d/51-usbblaster.rules on Fedora, or name it /etc/udev/rules.d/92-usbblaster.rules on Ubuntu. Ensure it's contents are as follows:

 Intel FPGA Download Cable
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="09fb", ATTR{idProduct}=="6001", MODE="0666"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="09fb", ATTR{idProduct}=="6002", MODE="0666"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="09fb", ATTR{idProduct}=="6003", MODE="0666"

# Intel FPGA Download Cable II
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="09fb", ATTR{idProduct}=="6010", MODE="0666"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="09fb", ATTR{idProduct}=="6810", MODE="0666"

To ensure that Platform Designer/Qsys can generate your system, you will need to ensure perl is installed, and will need to do the following to fix the perl that the Quartus installation uses:

cd ~/intelFPGA_lite/18.1/quartus/linux64/perl/bin
mv perl perl_old
ln -s /usr/bin/perl

Sources:

• https://vhdlwhiz.com/modelsim-quartus-prime-lite-ubuntu-20-04/
• https://askubuntu.com/questions/895897/error-while-loading-shared-libraries-libpng12-so-0
• https://gist.github.com/esynr3z/e25c12cd3fdf82e98da281e1f5831d87
• https://rocketboards.org/foswiki/Documentation/UsingUSBBlasterUnderLinux
• https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/programmable/support/support-resources/download/drivers/dri-usb_b-lnx.html
• https://community.intel.com/t5/FPGA-SoC-And-CPLD-Boards-And/Does-Platform-Designer-work-on-Ubuntu-18-04/m-p/724035/highlight/true#M17046
• http://www.armadeus.org/wiki/index.php?title=Quartus_installation_on_Linux#Version_19.1_prime_lite

for Debian11/Ubuntu22+

libgcc1 lib32gcc-s1
sudo apt install libcanberra-gtk-module