Intel® FPGA Software Installation and Licensing

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Document Table of Contents x
1. Answers to Top FAQs 2. Introduction to Intel® FPGA Software Installation and Licensing 3. Determining System Requirements 4. Downloading Intel® FPGA Software 5. Installing Intel FPGA Software 6. Licensing Intel® FPGA Software 7. Next Steps After Installing and Licensing the Software A. Intel FPGA Software Installation and Licensing Archives B. Document Revision History for Intel® FPGA Software Installation and Licensing
2. Introduction to Intel® FPGA Software Installation and Licensing x
2.1. Intel® Quartus® Prime Design Suite Overview 2.2. Intel® FPGA Software Download Center 2.3. Intel® FPGA Self-Service Licensing Center 2.4. Before You Begin
2.4. Before You Begin x
2.4.1. Navigate Content Through Tasks 2.4.2. Prerequisites 2.4.3. Acronyms
3. Determining System Requirements x
3.1. Reviewing the Intel® Quartus® Prime Software Release Notes 3.2. Determining Hardware Requirements 3.3. Determining Software Requirements
3.2. Determining Hardware Requirements x
3.2.1. Disk Space Requirements 3.2.2. Cable and Port Requirements
3.3. Determining Software Requirements x
3.3.1. Operating System Requirements 3.3.2. Windows* Subsystem for Linux* (WSL 1) on Windows Requirements for Nios® II EDS 3.3.3. Intel® High Level Synthesis Compiler Software Requirements 3.3.4. Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition Software Requirements 3.3.5. Other Intel FPGA Software Requirements 3.3.6. Third-Party Software Requirements
4. Downloading Intel® FPGA Software x
4.1. Software Available in the FPGA Software Download Center 4.2. Downloading Design-Specific Software Components 4.3. Determining the Download Type 4.4. Downloading Other Intel® FPGA Software
4.3. Determining the Download Type x
4.3.1. Downloading Software Using the Intel® Quartus® Prime Installer 4.3.2. Downloading Software Packages Manually
4.3.1. Downloading Software Using the Intel® Quartus® Prime Installer x
4.3.1.1. Accessing the Intel® Quartus® Prime Installer 4.3.1.2. Getting Started With the Intel® Quartus® Prime Installer GUI 4.3.1.3. Modifying the Installer Settings 4.3.1.4. Using CLI Commands
4.3.2. Downloading Software Packages Manually x
4.3.2.1. Downloading Individual Executable Files 4.3.2.2. Downloading .tar Files 4.3.2.3. Downloading Device Support 4.3.2.4. Downloading Additional Software 4.3.2.5. Downloading Copyleft Licensed Software
5. Installing Intel FPGA Software x
5.1. Installing Intel® FPGA Software Through Intel® Quartus® Prime Installer 5.2. Installing the Intel® FPGA Software Manually 5.3. Managing Multiple Versions and Copies of Intel FPGA Software 5.4. Setting Intel® Quartus® Prime Environment Variables 5.5. Starting the Intel® Quartus® Prime Software 5.6. Updating Intel FPGA Software 5.7. Uninstalling Intel FPGA Software 5.8. Troubleshooting Installation Issues
5.2. Installing the Intel® FPGA Software Manually x
5.2.1. Selecting the Installation Path 5.2.2. Installing Intel FPGA Software at the Command Prompt 5.2.3. Installing from .tar Files 5.2.4. Installing Device Support to Existing Installation 5.2.5. Using the Same Installation Files on Multiple Systems 5.2.6. Installing Programming Cable Drivers 5.2.7. Installing and Configuring a JTAG Server
5.2.2. Installing Intel FPGA Software at the Command Prompt x
5.2.2.1. Command-Line Options
5.2.6. Installing Programming Cable Drivers x
5.2.6.1. Installing Drivers on RHEL 8 and Above and Ubuntu Versions 18 and 20 OS
5.2.7. Installing and Configuring a JTAG Server x
5.2.7.1. Installing and Configuring jtagserver on Windows 5.2.7.2. Installing and Configuring a Local JTAG Server (jtagd) on Linux
5.7. Uninstalling Intel FPGA Software x
5.7.1. Uninstalling on Windows* 5.7.2. Uninstalling on Linux
6. Licensing Intel® FPGA Software x
6.1. Summary of Intel FPGA Software Licenses Required 6.2. Evaluating the Intel® Quartus® Prime Software 6.3. Licensing Intel® FPGA Software Walkthrough 6.4. Getting Hardware Information for License 6.5. Using the Intel FPGA Self-Service Licensing Center 6.6. About Intel® FPGA Software License Files 6.7. Checking the IP License Status 6.8. Configuring the License Manager Server 6.9. Troubleshooting License File Issues
6.1. Summary of Intel FPGA Software Licenses Required x
6.1.1. Intel® Quartus® Prime Software License 6.1.2. Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition and Questa*-Intel® FPGA Starter Edition Software License 6.1.3. Nios® II Embedded Design Suite License 6.1.4. Intellectual Property (IP) Cores Licenses 6.1.5. Siemens EDA* AXI Verification IP Suite License (Intel FPGA Edition)
6.3. Licensing Intel® FPGA Software Walkthrough x
6.3.1. Obtaining Necessary Hardware Information 6.3.2. Requesting a License File from the Intel FPGA Self-Service Licensing Center 6.3.3. Setting up a Fixed License 6.3.4. Setting up a License in a Network License Server
6.3.4. Setting up a License in a Network License Server x
6.3.4.1. Setting up a License File in the License Server 6.3.4.2. Launching the Licensing Server 6.3.4.3. Specifying a Network License Server in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Software
6.4. Getting Hardware Information for License x
6.4.1. Identifying Host's NIC ID 6.4.2. Identifying the UNIX Host ID 6.4.3. Locating Your Hard-Disk Serial Number 6.4.4. Identifying the USB Software Guard ID
6.4.1. Identifying Host's NIC ID x
6.4.1.1. Finding the NIC ID for Windows 6.4.1.2. Finding the NIC ID on Linux 6.4.1.3. Finding the NIC ID in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Software 6.4.1.4. Finding the NIC ID on Windows* Using FLEXlm Utilities
6.4.3. Locating Your Hard-Disk Serial Number x
6.4.3.1. Finding the Hard-disk Serial Number on a Windows* PC 6.4.3.2. Finding the Hard-disk Serial Number if the Intel® Quartus® Prime Software is Installed on Your Computer
6.5. Using the Intel FPGA Self-Service Licensing Center x
6.5.1. Using the License Assistant 6.5.2. Getting a License File with Your New Purchase 6.5.3. Viewing Licenses 6.5.4. Filtering Your Licenses 6.5.5. Viewing and Generating a Legacy License 6.5.6. Viewing Licenses or License Files Associated to a Computer 6.5.7. Regenerating a License File 6.5.8. Generating a Temporary Checkout License 6.5.9. Generating a Companion License 6.5.10. Renewing Your License 6.5.11. Managing a Computer Profile 6.5.12. Rehosting a License on a Different Computer 6.5.13. Rehosting All Licenses from Current Computer to a Different Computer 6.5.14. Rehosting Multiple/Partial Licenses from Current Computer to a Different Computer 6.5.15. Sharing a License with Another User 6.5.16. Adding Delegate Administrators to Your Licenses and Computers 6.5.17. Splitting Seats on Your License and Generating Licenses 6.5.18. Merging or Adding Seats on Your License and Generating License 6.5.19. Adding Floating Seats 6.5.20. Signing Up for an Evaluation or No-Cost License 6.5.21. Signing Up For an Employee License
6.6. About Intel® FPGA Software License Files x
6.6.1. License File Components 6.6.2. Using a FLEXlm Options File 6.6.3. License.dat Example Files 6.6.4. Syntax of license.dat License File
6.6.1. License File Components x
6.6.1.1. License File Header 6.6.1.2. SERVER, VENDOR, and USE_SERVER Lines 6.6.1.3. FEATURE and INCREMENT Lines
6.6.3. License.dat Example Files x
6.6.3.1. Fixed PC Software Guard License Example 6.6.3.2. Floating Network License Example
6.8. Configuring the License Manager Server x
6.8.1. Installing the FLEXlm License Manager Server Software on Another License Server 6.8.2. Upgrading the FLEXlm License Manager Server Software 6.8.3. (Windows Only) Starting and Stopping the License Server 6.8.4. (Windows Only) Starting the License Server Automatically 6.8.5. Rereading an Existing License File on a License Server
7. Next Steps After Installing and Licensing the Software x
7.1. Additional Resources 7.2. Training
1. Answers to Top FAQs
2. Introduction to Intel® FPGA Software Installation and Licensing
3. Determining System Requirements
4. Downloading Intel® FPGA Software
5. Installing Intel FPGA Software
6. Licensing Intel® FPGA Software
7. Next Steps After Installing and Licensing the Software
A. Intel FPGA Software Installation and Licensing Archives
B. Document Revision History for Intel® FPGA Software Installation and Licensing

5.4. Setting 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 ${installdir}/bin to the PATH variable to allow running a software without adding the full path.

LM_LICENSE_FILE

The LM_LICENSE_FILE environment variable specifies 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:$QSYS_ROOTDIR:$PATH" 
# Adding  any /bin under $ALTERAOCLSDKROOT or $INTELFPGAOCLSDKROOT to $PATH if applicable
export LM_LICENSE_FILE=<path_to_license_file>
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