Intel® FPGA Software Installation and Licensing

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Date 10/02/2023
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5.1. Installing Intel® FPGA Software Through Intel® Quartus® Prime Installer

The Intel® Quartus® Prime Installer is a light-weight application that allows you to download and install various development tools and FPGA device files that the Intel® Quartus® Prime software supports. For more information, refer to Accessing the Intel Quartus Prime Installer.
Figure 4.  Intel® Quartus® Prime Installer GUI
  • The Auto install after download and After-install actions options are enabled by default when you launch the GUI. However, the Agree to the Intel License Agreement is disabled by default. You must enable it to proceed with software download and installation.
    • If you want to review the license agreement, click the Intel License Agreement link to view it in your default browser.
    • The default installation location is C:\intelFPGA_pro/<ver> on Windows and /<user_home>/intelFPGA_pro/<ver> on Linux. However, you can select a different location using the browse button and selecting the desired location.
    • If you choose to turn off the Auto install after download option, Run buttons are enabled beside each selected component that you can run to launch the Installation wizard.
    • If your installation directory on disk is not empty, the Auto install after download option is disabled, and the tooltip shows why it is disabled.
    • If you are downloading for a platform (Linux or Windows) other than the one your system is running on, the Auto install after download option is disabled, and the tooltip shows why it is disabled.