Install Quartus on Ubuntu

install_quartus_on_ubuntu.md

Install Quartus on Ubuntu

1. Download and install quartus lite setup from the official website.

2. Download libpng and install it

$ 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
$ make -j8 
$ sudo make install

3. Update the links

$ sudo ldconfig

4. Run quartus

Add usbblaster udev rules

1. Create a file /etc/udev/rules.d/40-usbblaster.rules

$ sudo nano /etc/udev/rules.d/40-usbblaster.rules

2. Insert the following content:

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="09fb", ATTRS{idProduct}=="6001", GROUP="plugdev", MODE="0666", SYMLINK+="usbblaster"

3. Reboot your machine.

Source: https://forums.intel.com/s/question/0D50P00003yyHA1SAM/linux-unexpected-error-code-89?language=en_US

Bash script that starts quartus

function start_quartus() {
  QUARTUS_PATH=/media/ikbel/ExternalStorage/altera/13.0sp1/quartus
  export QUARTUS_64BIT=1
  export QUARTUS_ROOTDIR_OVERRIDE=$QUARTUS_PATH

  $QUARTUS_PATH/bin/quartus
}