Intel® FPGA Software Installation and Licensing

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Document Table of Contents x
1. Introduction to Intel® FPGA Software Installation and Licensing 2. System Requirements and Prerequisites 3. Downloading and Installing Intel FPGA Software 4. Licensing Intel® FPGA Software 5. About Intel® FPGA Software License Files A. Getting Hardware Information for License B. Intel FPGA Software Installation and Licensing Archives C. Document Revision History for Intel® FPGA Software Installation and Licensing
1. Introduction to Intel® FPGA Software Installation and Licensing x
1.1. Intel® FPGA Download Center 1.2. Intel® FPGA Self-Service Licensing Center
2. System Requirements and Prerequisites x
2.1. Minimum Hardware Requirements 2.2. Cable and Port Requirements 2.3. Software Requirements 2.4. Interaction with Third-party Software
2.3. Software Requirements x
2.3.1. Installing Windows* Subsystem for Linux* (WSL) on Windows* 2.3.2. Intel® High Level Synthesis Compiler Software Requirements 2.3.3. Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition Software Requirements
3. Downloading and Installing Intel FPGA Software x
3.1. Software Available in the Download Center 3.2. Installation Path 3.3. Downloading and Installing with Individual Executable Files 3.4. Downloading and Installing Using .tar Files 3.5. Intel® Quartus® Prime Environment Variables 3.6. Starting the Intel® Quartus® Prime Software 3.7. Installing Programming Cable Drivers 3.8. Installing and Configuring a JTAG Server 3.9. Adding Device Support and Other Intel FPGA Software to Existing Installation 3.10. Managing Multiple Versions and Copies of Intel FPGA Software 3.11. Updating Intel FPGA Software 3.12. Uninstalling Intel FPGA Software
3.3. Downloading and Installing with Individual Executable Files x
3.3.1. Downloading Individual Executable Files 3.3.2. Installing Intel FPGA Software at the Command Prompt
3.3.2. Installing Intel FPGA Software at the Command Prompt x
3.3.2.1. Command-Line Options
3.4. Downloading and Installing Using .tar Files x
3.4.1. Downloading .tar Files 3.4.2. Installing from .tar Files 3.4.3. Using the Same Installation Files on Multiple Systems
3.7. Installing Programming Cable Drivers x
3.7.1. Installing Drivers on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Systems
3.7.1. Installing Drivers on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Systems x
3.7.1.1. Installing on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 or Above
3.8. Installing and Configuring a JTAG Server x
3.8.1. Installing and Configuring jtagserver on Windows 3.8.2. Installing and Configuring a Local JTAG Server (jtagd) on Linux
3.12. Uninstalling Intel FPGA Software x
3.12.1. Uninstalling on Windows* 3.12.2. Uninstalling on Linux
4. Licensing Intel® FPGA Software x
4.1. Checking the IP License Status 4.2. Evaluating the Intel® Quartus® Prime Software 4.3. Licensing Intel® FPGA Software Walkthrough 4.4. Types of Intel FPGA Software Licenses 4.5. Configuring the License Manager Server 4.6. Other Licensing Actions 4.7. Syntax of license.dat License File
4.3. Licensing Intel® FPGA Software Walkthrough x
4.3.1. Obtain Necessary Hardware Information 4.3.2. Request a License File from the Self-service Licensing Center 4.3.3. Set Up a Fixed License 4.3.4. Set Up a License in a Network License Server
4.3.4. Set Up a License in a Network License Server x
4.3.4.1. Set Up a License File in the License Server 4.3.4.2. Launch the Licensing Server 4.3.4.3. Specify a Network License Server in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Software
4.4. Types of Intel FPGA Software Licenses x
4.4.1. Intel® Quartus® Prime Software License 4.4.2. Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition Software License 4.4.3. Intel® Quartus® Prime Lite Edition and Questa*-Intel® FPGA Starter Edition Software License 4.4.4. Intellectual Property (IP) Cores Licenses 4.4.5. Development Kits Containing the Intel® Quartus® Prime Software 4.4.6. Nios® II Embedded Design Suite License 4.4.7. Siemens EDA* AXI Verification IP Suite License (Intel FPGA Edition) 4.4.8. University Program Software Licenses
4.5. Configuring the License Manager Server x
4.5.1. Installing the FLEXlm License Manager Server Software on Another License Server 4.5.2. Upgrading the FLEXlm License Manager Server Software 4.5.3. (Windows Only) Starting and Stopping the License Server 4.5.4. (Windows Only) Starting the License Server Automatically 4.5.5. Rereading an Existing License File on a License Server
4.6. Other Licensing Actions x
4.6.1. Managing Licensed Users 4.6.2. Renewing a License 4.6.3. Creating a Computer Profile 4.6.4. Transferring a License File to Another Computer 4.6.5. Adding Floating Seats 4.6.6. Specifying the License for the Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition Software
5. About Intel® FPGA Software License Files x
5.1. License File Troubleshooting 5.2. License File Components 5.3. Using a FLEXlm Options File 5.4. License.dat Example Files
5.2. License File Components x
5.2.1. License File Header 5.2.2. SERVER, VENDOR, and USE_SERVER Lines 5.2.3. FEATURE and INCREMENT Lines
5.4. License.dat Example Files x
5.4.1. Fixed PC Software Guard License Example 5.4.2. Floating Network License Example
A. Getting Hardware Information for License x
A.1. Identifying Host's NIC ID A.2. UNIX Host ID A.3. Locating Your Hard-Disk Serial Number A.4. Identifying the USB Software Guard ID
A.1. Identifying Host's NIC ID x
A.1.1. Finding the NIC ID for Windows A.1.2. Finding the NIC ID on Linux A.1.3. Finding the NIC ID in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Software A.1.4. Find NIC ID on Windows* Using FLEXlm Utilities
A.3. Locating Your Hard-Disk Serial Number x
A.3.1. To find the hard-disk serial number on a Windows* PC A.3.2. To find the hard-disk serial number if the Intel® Quartus® Prime software is installed on your computer
1. Introduction to Intel® FPGA Software Installation and Licensing
2. System Requirements and Prerequisites
3. Downloading and Installing Intel FPGA Software
4. Licensing Intel® FPGA Software
5. About Intel® FPGA Software License Files
A. Getting Hardware Information for License
B. Intel FPGA Software Installation and Licensing Archives
C. Document Revision History for Intel® FPGA Software Installation and Licensing

3.5. Intel® Quartus® Prime Environment Variables

The Intel® Quartus® Prime software installation process initializes environment variables. In specific cases, you can take advantage of modifying these variables.

QUARTUS_ROOTDIR_OVERRIDE

Use this optional environment variable when you have multiple copies of the Intel® Quartus® Prime software on the same computer and you want to determine which version to open by default.

Note: If you have multiple copies of the same version of the Intel® Quartus® Prime software, the system displays an error message indicating that Intel® Quartus® Prime software files cannot be found when you start the program. The solution is setting QUARTUS_ROOTDIR_OVERRIDE to one of the copies.

QUARTUS_LIBRARY_PATHS

The QUARTUS_LIBRARY_PATHS environment variable specifies user‑defined library paths.

You can use this environment variable to define multiple library paths at the same time, instead of individually adding each path to the user library.

PATH

You must add $QSYS_ROOTDIR to the PATH variable. The $QSYS_ROOTDIR locates the directory at ${installdir}/qsys/bin.

In general, Intel® recommends adding all /bin to the PATH variable to allow running a software without adding the full path.

LM_LICENSE_FILE

The LM_LICENSE_FILE environment variable specify the location of the license file. However, the Intel® Quartus® Prime software overrides the value of the environment variable with the location that you specify in the License Setup dialog box.

Note: Separate multiple license servers and node locking license files with ":" (Linux) or ";" (Windows).

LC_ALL

You must ensure that your operating system locale is set up correctly. In particular, the locale you specify in LC_ALL environment variable must match the locale settings (such as LANG). If there is a mismatch, the following Perl warning might be generated during IP generation: 

perl: warning: Setting locale failed.

This warning results in IP generation failure.

Note: You can also set the environment variable PERL_BADLANG=0 to avoid the Perl warning.

Sample Setup Script

Instead of setting up the above listed environment variables individually, you can also create a script to set up the environment for a particular version in Linux as shown in the following sample: 

Sample setup script for Quartus:
quartus_x.x.bash (executable)
#Setup pointers to version X.X
export QUARTUS_ROOTDIR="<quartus-install-path>/quartus"
export QSYS_ROOTDIR=$QUARTUS_ROOTDIR/qsys/bin"
export ALTERAOCLSDKROOT=<some_specific_release>
export INTELFPGAOCLSDKROOT=<some_specific_release>”
export PATH="$QUARTUS_ROOTDIR/bin:$QSYS_ROOTDIR:__^S^__PATH" 
# Adding  any /bin under __^S^__ALTERAOCLSDKROOT or __^S^__INTELFPGAOCLSDKROOT to __^S^__PATH if applicable
export LM_LICENSE_FILE=<path_to_license_file>
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