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1. Answers to Top FAQs
2. Introduction to Intel® FPGA Software Installation and Licensing
3. System Requirements and Prerequisites
4. Downloading and Installing Intel FPGA Software
5. Licensing Intel® FPGA Software
6. 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
4.1. Software Available in the FPGA Software Download Center
4.2. Installation Path
4.3. Downloading and Installing with Individual Executable Files
4.4. Downloading and Installing Using .tar Files
4.5. Setting Intel® Quartus® Prime Environment Variables
4.6. Starting the Intel® Quartus® Prime Software
4.7. Installing Programming Cable Drivers
4.8. Installing and Configuring a JTAG Server
4.9. Adding Device Support and Other Intel FPGA Software to Existing Installation
4.10. Managing Multiple Versions and Copies of Intel FPGA Software
4.11. Updating Intel FPGA Software
4.12. Uninstalling Intel FPGA Software
5.4.1. Intel® Quartus® Prime Software License
5.4.2. Intel® Quartus® Prime Lite Edition Software License
5.4.3. Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition and Questa*-Intel® FPGA Starter Edition Software License
5.4.4. Intellectual Property (IP) Cores Licenses
5.4.5. Development Kits Containing the Intel® Quartus® Prime Software
5.4.6. Nios® II Embedded Design Suite License
5.4.7. Siemens EDA* AXI Verification IP Suite License (Intel FPGA Edition)
5.4.8. University Program Software Licenses
5.5.1. Installing the FLEXlm License Manager Server Software on Another License Server
5.5.2. Upgrading the FLEXlm License Manager Server Software
5.5.3. (Windows Only) Starting and Stopping the License Server
5.5.4. (Windows Only) Starting the License Server Automatically
5.5.5. Rereading an Existing License File on a License Server
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5. Licensing Intel® FPGA Software
Most Intel FPGA software requires you to use a license to enable the software. Intel provides this license in a file named license.dat. The Intel® Quartus® Prime Lite Edition is free and does not require license. Questa*-Intel® FPGA Starter Edition is also free, but requires zero cost licenses. The Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software requires no license for Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX devices only.
When you purchase an Intel® Quartus® Prime software subscription, the license file supports:
- The version of the Intel® Quartus® Prime software you purchase
- All previous supported versions
- All versions released within a year of the purchase date
Intel also uses licenses to enable additional software, such as purchased IP cores. For more information about licensing conditions of Intel FPGA software, refer to Types of Intel FPGA Software Licenses.