The Quartus® II software version 14.1 Build 186 fixes problem with the original Quartus II software version 14.1 release, which required the full edition license for Modelsim Altera Starter edition to be launched.
To check if you have the right version installed, check if you have the following file path in your Quartus installation directory: /modelsim_ase/lib/.awe file. If this file exists, then your installation will work fine for Modelsim Altera Starter edition.
You can also check the MD5SUM for the installation file you downloaded, to see if it’s the correct installation file.
| Installation file | Old MD5SUM | New MD5SUM (fixed) |
| Quartus-14.1.0.186-linux-complete.tar | 6AB7932838C318058F334EB85C1CB876 | F5D986A04D00EAAE8DB0698FFA8CF6ED |
| Quartus-14.1.0.186-windows-complete.tar | AF1BDAFF84387ECE3E1A16CEE79E576D | 70220D5D4F0AB1E88361DCA1A7497F01 |
| Quartus-14.1.0.186-linux.tar | 528E03DDE7C8A798AC4F2CABB775CA4E | CC38FF31A7474083D0ED6FD68BB23267 |
| Quartus-14.1.0.186-windows.tar | 4B3A4D0A241A51666D74A09E50FD5CF0 | 53D2671276CC42FDF36869474D716C44 |
| Quartus-web-14.1.0.186-linux.tar | 8F09474EF396FF48EDD185F50D5AFED5 | 59EE7AC356ECF22E30FB8831F905AF62 |
| Quartus-web-14.1.0.186-windows.tar | 164BB82E5921CE49B62F2B4B3D75FB24 | 9EE4B9DFC235EAC18CCF273E8878BCF0 |
| ModelSimSetup-14.1.0.186-linux.run | 969290387255BDC6C6AC452AEEF71AE0 | 70BE49AF8A26D4345937ED6BE4D568C8 |
| ModelSimSetup-14.1.0.186-windows.exe | 9C3F3579B84CB1A15ECC518C75E2D11C | C931A4F7F9B4306DD8E8248607993C7C |
| Quartus-14.1.0.186-linux.iso | 231B4EAE6C56CFDDDFFBE6E980E8F26A | 9CE12E3E1EA5E74A9B291AC2EA74115F |
| Quartus-14.1.0.186-windows.iso | 3AE937D69B19A4AFE333790CA7AB5F97 | F3E3203930935D0BF3BF0BF4B7DD0FB1 |
| Quartus-web-14.1.0.186.iso | ACB3E05DBD5E7C1A6894B3311DDB4808 | 397FD56336ABC2B0759392898F2BBAFC |
For your downloaded installation file, the correct installation files should have the MD5SUM in the New(fixed) column (for your specific OS, and installation file) in the table below .
If your installation file shows the OLD MD5SUM, please download the file again from the download center, and reinstall. If you do not want to do a complete reinstall, a patch is also available from the related solution below