Operating System (OS) Support

Quartus® Prime Pro, Standard and Lite Edition Software and Additional Software.

The three tables listed in this page contain the OS Support system requirements.

Table 1. Current Version 24.2 OS Support for Altera® FPGA Pro Complete Design Suite

Table 2. Release Notes and readme.txt Files for Altera® FPGA Pro Edition Software

Table 3. OS Support for Altera® FPGA Pro Edition Software Versions

Table 1. Current Version 24.2 OS Support for Altera® FPGA Pro Complete Design Suite

Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software and Additional Software

Software	*Windows 10**	*Windows 11**	Windows Server* 2019 Enterprise	Windows Server* 2022 Enterprise	*Red Hat Enterprise Linux* 8.6**	*Red Hat Enterprise Linux* 8.7**	*Red Hat Enterprise Linux* 9.0**	*Red Hat Enterprise Linux* 9.1**	*SUSE SLE 12.5**	*SUSE SLE 15.3**	*SUSE SLE 15.4**	*Ubuntu 18.04 LTS**	*Ubuntu 20.04 LTS**	*Ubuntu 22.04 LTS**
Quartus® Prime Pro Edition	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition	✓	✓	-	-	✓	✓	-	-	✓	✓	-	-	-	-
Questa*-Intel® FPGA Starter Edition	✓	✓	-	-	✓	✓	-	-	✓	✓	-	-	-	-
Intel® HLS Compiler Pro	✓	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	✓	-	-	-	-	-
RiscFree* Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Intel® FPGAs	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
DSP Builder for Intel® FPGAs	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Quartus® Prime Stand-Alone Programmer	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Intel® Advanced Link Analyzer	✓	✓	✓	✓	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Intel® Simics Simulator for Intel FPGA^[1]	-	-	-	-	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Intel® oneAPI IP Authoring 2024.2	✓	✓	✓	-	✓	✓	✓	✓	-	-	-	-	✓	✓
Intel® FPGA AI Suite 2024.2^[2]	-	-	-	-	✓	✓	-	-	-	-	-	-	✓	✓

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Notes:

[1] Simics Simulator is only supported on Windows via WSL2. If native Linux machines are inaccessible, please use WSL2 when running the Simics Simulator binaries (including GUI).

[2] Intel® FPGA AI Suite 2024.2 expected to be release on Quarter 3 2024 is expected to support Quartus 24.2

Functionality No Longer Supported	Software Edition	Stand-Alone Software	Starting in Version	Linux/windows	Replaced by	Additional Information
32-bit library	Pro and Standard	n/a	14.0	Linux and Windows	64-Bit Version
32-bit stand-alone programmer	Standard	n/a	18.2	Linux and Windows	64- Bit Version
Red Hat* 5	Standard	n/a	18.1	Linux	Red Hat* 6 and Upwards
Cygwin*	Pro	Nios II EDS	19.2	Windows	Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)	2.1. Installing Windows* Subsystem for Linux* (WSL) on Windows*
Cygwin*	Standard	Nios II EDS	19.1	Windows	Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)	2.1. Installing Windows* Subsystem for Linux* (WSL) on Windows*
Windows 7	Pro and Standard	n/a	20.1	Windows	Windows 10	For Windows users, you will need to download and install the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) for Windows Server as well as Windows 10.
Intel SoC FPGA Embedded Development Suite (SoC EDS)	Pro and Standard	Intel SoC FPGA Embedded Development Suite (SoC EDS)	20.3	Linux and Windows		Embedded Software and Tools for Intel SoC FPGA
ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Starter Edition	Pro and Standard	Intel FPGA Starter Edition Simulation Tool	21.3	Linux and Windows	Questa*-Intel® FPGA Starter Edition	Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition Software

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Standalone Software	Additional Software Support	Supported Version	User Guide	Additional Information
DSP Builder for Intel® FPGAs	MathWorks* MATLAB* and MATLAB Simulink* toolbox *Require MATLAB license	R2021b – R2023b	MATLAB System Requirements	Older version of Quartus OSes not supported due to newer version of glibc required by MATLAB.

Standalone Software

Additional Software Support

Supported Version

User Guide

Additional Information

DSP Builder for Intel® FPGAs

MathWorks* MATLAB* and

MATLAB Simulink* toolbox

*Require MATLAB license

R2021b – R2023b

MATLAB System Requirements

Older version of Quartus OSes not supported due to newer version of glibc required by MATLAB.

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KDB Topic	Software Edition	Version Found	Linux/windows
Design files with lengthy file paths might cause an internal error in the Windows version of the Quartus Prime Pro Edition software	Pro	15.1	Linux and Windows

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We have tested using GNOME Desktop Environment and MobaXTerm for remote desktop usage. Other tools may work but have not been tested.

Table 2. Release Notes and readme.txt Files for Altera® FPGA Pro Edition Software

Version	FPGA Software Download Center	Readme Quartus® Prime Pro Edition	Release Notes Quartus® Prime Pro Edition	Readme Questa-Intel® FPGA Edition ModelSim-Intel® FPGA Edition	Release Notes Questa-Intel® FPGA Edition ModelSim-Intel® FPGA Edition
24.2	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version 24.2 for Windows Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version 24.2 for Linux	Quartus® Prime Design Suite Pro Edition Version 24.2 readme.txt	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Version 24.2 Software and Device Support Release Notes (PDF)	Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2024.1 readme.txt	Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2024.1 Release Notes
24.1	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version 24.1 B115 for Windows Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version 24.1 B115 for Linux	Quartus® Prime Design Suite Pro Edition Version 24.1 readme.txt	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Version 24.1 Software and Device Support Release Notes (PDF)	Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2023.4 readme.txt	Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2023.4 Release Notes
23.4	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version 23.4 for Windows Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version 23.4 for Linux	Quartus® Prime Design Suite Pro Edition Version 23.4 readme.txt	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Version 23.4 Software and Device Support Release Notes (PDF)	Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2023.3 readme.txt	Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2023.3 Release Notes
23.3	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version 23.3 for Windows Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version 23.3 for Linux	Quartus® Prime Design Suite Pro Edition Version 23.3 readme.txt	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Version 23.3 Software and Device Support Release Notes (PDF)	Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2023.2 readme.txt	Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2023.2 Release Notes
23.2	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version 23.2 for Windows Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version 23.2 for Linux	Quartus® Prime Design Suite Pro Edition Version 23.2 readme.txt	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Version 23.2 Software and Device Support Release Notes (PDF)	Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2023.1 readme.txt	Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2023.1 Release Notes
23.1	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version 23.1 for Windows Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version v23.1 for Linux	Quartus® Prime Design Suite Pro Edition Version 23.1 readme.txt	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition 23.1 Software and Device Support Release Notes (PDF)	Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2022.4 readme.txt	Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2022.4 Release Notes
22.4	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version 22.4 for Windows Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version 22.4 for Linux	Quartus® Prime Design Suite Pro Edition Version 22.4 readme.txt	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Version 22.4 Software and Device Support Release Notes (PDF)	Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2022.1 readme.txt	Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2022.1 Release Notes
22.3	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version 22.3 for Windows Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version 22.3 for Linux	Quartus® Prime Design Suite Pro Edition Version 22.3 readme.txt	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Version 22.3 Software and Device Support Release Notes (PDF)	Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2022.1 readme.txt	Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2022.1 Release Notes
22.2	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version 22.2 for Windows Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version v22.2 for Linux	Quartus® Prime Design Suite Pro Edition Version 22.2 readme.txt	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Version 22.2 Software and Device Support Release Notes (PDF)	Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2022.1 readme.txt	Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2022.1 Release Notes
22.1	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version 22.1 for Windows Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version v22.1 for Linux	Quartus® Prime Design Suite Pro Edition Version 22.1 readme.txt	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Version 22.1 Software and Device Support Release Notes (PDF)	Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2022.1 readme.txt	Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2022.1 Release Notes
21.4	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version 21.4 for Windows Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version v21.4 for Linux	Quartus® Prime Design Suite Pro Edition Version 21.4 readme.txt	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Version 21.4 Software and Device Support Release Notes (PDF)	Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2021.3 readme.txt	Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2021.3 Release Notes
21.3	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version 21.3 for Windows Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version v21.3 for Linux	Quartus® Prime Design Suite Pro Edition Version 21.3 readme.txt	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Version 21.3 Software and Device Support Release Notes (PDF)	Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2021.2 readme.txt	Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2021.2 release notes
21.2	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version 21.2 for Windows Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version v21.2 for Linux	Quartus® Prime Design Suite Pro Edition Version 21.2 readme.txt	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Version 21.2 Software and Device Support Release Notes (PDF)	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2021.2 readme.txt	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2021.2 release notes
21.1	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version 21.1 for Windows Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version v21.1 for Linux	Quartus® Prime Design Suite Pro Edition Version 21.1 readme.txt	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Version 21.1 Software and Device Support Release Notes (PDF)	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2021.1 readme.txt	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2021.1 release notes
20.4	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version 20.4 for Windows Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version v20.4 for Linux	Quartus® Prime Design Suite Pro Edition Version 20.4 readme.txt	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Version 20.4 Software and Device Support Release Notes (PDF)	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2020.3 readme.txt	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2020.3 release notes
20.3	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version 20.3 for Windows Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version v20.3 for Linux	Quartus® Prime Design Suite Pro Edition Version 20.3 readme.txt	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Version 20.3 Software and Device Support Release Notes (PDF)	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2020.3 readme.txt	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2020.3 release notes
20.2	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version 20.2 for Windows Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version v20.2 for Linux	Quartus® Prime Design Suite Pro Edition Version 20.2 readme.txt	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Version 20.2 Software and Device Support Release Notes (PDF)	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2020.1 readme.txt	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Version Edition 2020.1 release notes
20.1	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version 20.1 for Windows Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version v20.1 for Linux	Quartus® Prime Design Suite Pro Edition Version 20.1 readme.txt	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Version 20.1 Software and Device Support Release Notes (PDF)	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2019.2 readme.txt	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2019.2 release notes
19.4	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version 19.4 for Windows Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version v19.4 for Linux	Quartus® Prime Design Suite Pro Edition Version 19.4 readme.txt	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Version 19.4 Software and Device Support Release Notes (PDF)	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2019.2 readme.txt	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2019.2 release notes
19.3	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version 19.3 for Windows Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version v19.3 for Linux	Quartus® Prime Design Suite Pro Edition Version 19.3 readme.txt	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Version 19.3 Software and Device Support Release Notes (PDF)	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 10.6 readme.txt	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 10.6d release notes
19.2	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version 19.2 for Windows Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version v19.2 for Linux	Quartus® Prime Design Suite Pro Edition Version 19.2 readme.txt	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Version 19.2 Software and Device Support Release Notes (PDF)	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 10.6d readme.txt	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 10.6d release notes
19.1	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version 19.1 for Windows Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version v19.1 for Linux	Quartus® Prime Design Suite Pro Edition Version 19.1 readme.txt	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Version 19.1 Software and Device Support Release Notes (PDF)	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 10.6d readme.txt	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 10.6d release notes
18.1	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version 18.1 for Windows Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version v18.1 for Linux	Quartus® Prime Design Suite Pro Edition Version 18.1 readme.txt	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Version 18.1 Software and Device Support Release Notes (PDF)	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 10.6d readme.txt	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 10.6d release notes
18.0	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version 18.0 for Windows Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version v18.0 for Linux	Quartus® Prime Design Suite Pro Edition Version 18.0 readme.txt	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Version 18.0 Software and Device Support Release Notes (PDF)	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 10.6c readme.txt	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 10.6c release notes
17.1	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version 17.1 for Windows Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version v17.1 for Linux	Quartus® Prime Design Suite Pro Edition Version 17.1 readme.txt	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition: Version 17.1 Software and Device Support Release Notes (PDF)	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 10.5c readme.txt	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 10.5c release notes
17.0	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version 17.0 for Windows Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version v17.0 for Linux	Quartus® Prime Design Suite Pro Edition Version 17.0 readme.txt	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Version 17.0 Software and Device Support Release Notes (PDF)	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 10.5c readme.txt	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 10.5c release notes
16.1	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version 16.1 B196 for Linux	Quartus® Prime Design Suite Pro Edition Version 16.1 readme.txt	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Version 16.1 Software and Device Support Release Notes (PDF)	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 10.5b readme.txt	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 10.5b release notes
16.0	No longer available to download	Quartus® Prime Design Suite Pro Edition Version 16.0 readme.txt	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Version 16.0 Software and Device Support Release Notes (PDF)	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 10.4d readme.txt	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 10.4d release notes
15.1	No longer available to download	Quartus® Prime Design Suite Pro Edition Version 15.1 readme.txt	Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Version 15.1 Software and Device Support Release Notes (PDF)	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 10.4b readme.txt	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 10.4b release notes

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Table 3. OS Support for Altera® FPGA Pro Edition Software Versions

Windows*
Processor	64bit	64bit	64bit	64bit
Version	11	10	8.1	7
24.2	✓	✓	×	×
24.1	✓	✓	×	×
23.4	✓	✓	×	×
23.3	✓	✓	×	×
23.2	✓	✓	×	×
23.1	✓	✓	×	×
22.4	✓	✓	×	×
22.3	✓	✓	×	×
22.2	×	✓	×	×
22.1	×	✓	×	×
21.4	×	✓	×	×
21.3	×	✓	×	×
21.2	×	✓	×	×
21.1	×	✓	×	×
20.4	×	✓	×	×
20.3	×	✓	×	×
20.2	×	✓	×	×
20.1	×	✓	×	×
19.4	×	✓	×	✓
19.3	×	✓	×	✓
19.2	×	✓	✓	✓
19.1	×	✓	✓	✓
18.1	×	✓	✓	✓
18.0	×	✓	✓	✓

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Windows Server*
Processor	64bit	64bit	64bit	64bit	64bit
Version	2022	2019	2016	2012 R2	2008 R2
24.2	✓	✓	×	×	×
24.1	✓	✓	×	×	×
23.4	×	✓	×	×	×
23.3	×	✓	×	×	×
23.2	×	✓	×	×	×
23.1	×	✓	×	×	×
22.4	×	✓	✓	×	×
22.3	×	✓	✓	×	×
22.2	×	✓	✓	×	×
22.1	×	✓	✓	×	×
21.4	×	✓	✓	✓	×
21.3	×	✓	✓	✓	×
21.2	×	✓	✓	✓	×
21.1	×	✓	✓	✓	×
20.4	×	✓	✓	✓	×
20.3	×	×	✓	✓	×
20.2	×	×	✓	✓	×
20.1	×	×	✓	✓	×
19.4	×	×	✓	✓	×
19.3	×	×	✓	✓	×
19.2	×	×	×	✓	✓
19.1	×	×	×	✓	✓
18.1	×	×	×	✓	✓
18.0	×	×	×	✓	✓

Red Hat* Enterprise Linux
Processor	64bit	64bit	64bit	64bit	64bit	64bit	64bit	64bit	64bit	64bit	64bit
Version	9.1	9.0	8.7	8.6	8.4	8.2	7.7	7.5	7	6.9	6
24.2	✓	✓	✓	✓	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
24.1	✓	✓	✓	✓	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
23.4	✓	✓	✓	✓	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
23.3	✓	✓	✓	✓	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
23.2	×	×	✓	✓	✓	×	×	×	×	×	×
23.1	×	×	✓	✓	✓	×	×	×	×	×	×
22.4	×	×	×	✓	✓	×	×	×	×	×	×
22.3	×	×	×	✓	✓	×	×	×	×	×	×
22.2	×	×	×	×	×	✓	×	×	×	×	×
22.1	×	×	×	×	×	✓	×	×	×	×	×
21.4	×	×	×	×	×	✓	✓	×	×	×	×
21.3	×	×	×	×	×	✓	✓	×	×	×	×
21.2	×	×	×	×	×	✓	✓	×	×	×	×
21.1	×	×	×	×	×	✓	✓	×	×	×	×
20.4	×	×	×	×	×	✓	✓	×	×	×	×
20.3	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	✓	×	✓	×
20.2	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	✓	×	✓	×
20.1	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	✓	×	✓	×
19.4	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	✓	×	✓	×
19.3	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	✓	×	✓	×
19.2	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	✓	×	✓	×
19.1	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	✓	×	✓	×
18.1	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	✓	×	✓
18.0	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	✓	×	✓

SUSE* SLE
Processor	64bit	64bit	64bit	64bit	64bit	64bit
Version	15.4	15.3	15.2	12.1	12.5	11
24.2	✓	✓	×	×	✓	×
24.1	✓	✓	✓	×	✓	×
23.4	×	×	✓	×	✓	×
23.3	×	×	✓	×	✓	×
23.2	×	×	✓	×	✓	×
23.1	×	×	✓	×	✓	×
22.4	×	×	✓	×	✓	×
22.3	×	×	✓	×	✓	×
22.2	×	×	✓	×	✓	×
22.1	×	×	✓	×	✓	×
21.4	×	×	✓	×	✓	×
21.3	×	×	✓	×	✓	×
21.2	×	×	✓	×	✓	×
21.1	×	×	✓	×	✓	×
20.4	×	×	✓	×	✓	×
20.3	×	×	×	✓	×	×
20.2	×	×	×	✓	×	×
20.1	×	×	×	✓	×	×
19.4	×	×	×	✓	×	×
19.3	×	×	×	✓	×	×
19.2	×	×	×	✓	×	×
19.1	×	×	×	✓	×	×
18.1	×	×	×	×	✓	×
18.0	×	×	×	×	✓	×

Ubuntu*
Processor	64bit	64bit	64bit	64bit	64bit
Version	22.04	20.04	18.04	16.04	14.04
24.2	✓	✓	✓	×	×
24.1	✓	✓	✓	×	×
23.4	✓	✓	✓	×	×
23.3	✓	✓	✓	×	×
23.2	✓	✓	✓	×	×
23.1	✓	✓	✓	×	×
22.4	✓	✓	✓	×	×
22.3	✓	✓	✓	×	×
22.2	×	✓	✓	×	×
22.1	×	✓	✓	×	×
21.4	×	✓	✓	✓	×
21.3	×	✓	✓	✓	×
21.2	×	✓	✓	✓	×
21.1	×	✓	✓	✓	×
20.4	×	✓	✓	✓	×
20.3	×	×	✓	✓	✓
20.2	×	×	✓	✓	✓
20.1	×	×	✓	✓	✓
19.4	×	×	✓	✓	✓
19.3	×	×	✓	✓	✓
19.2	×	×	×	✓	✓
19.1	×	×	×	✓	✓
18.1	×	×	×	✓	✓
18.0	×	×	×	✓	✓

CentOS
Processor	64bit	64bit
Version	8.2	7.7
24.2	×	×
24.1	×	×
23.4	×	×
23.3	×	×
23.2	×	×
23.1	×	×
22.4	×	×
22.3	×	×
22.2	✓	×
22.1	✓	×
21.4	✓	✓
21.3	✓	✓
21.2	✓	✓
21.1	✓	✓
20.4	✓	✓
20.3	×	×
20.2	×	×
20.1	×	×
19.4	×	×
19.3	×	×
19.2	×	×
19.1	×	×
18.1	×	×
18.0	×	×

Table 1. Current Version 23.1 OS Support for Altera® FPGA Standard Design Suite

Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Software and Additional Software

Software	*Windows 10**	*Windows 11**	Windows Server* 2019 Enterprise	*Red Hat Enterprise Linux* 8.6**	*Red Hat Enterprise Linux* 8.7**	*Red Hat Enterprise Linux* 9.0**	*Red Hat Enterprise Linux* 9.1**	*SUSE SLE 12**	*SUSE SLE 15**	*Ubuntu 18.04 LTS**	*Ubuntu 20.04 LTS**	*Ubuntu 22.04 LTS**
Quartus® Prime Standard Edition	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Questa* Intel® FPGA Edition	✓	-	-	✓	✓	-	-	✓	✓	-	-	-
Questa* Intel® FPGA Starter Edition	✓	-	-	✓	✓	-	-	✓	✓	-	-	-
Nios® II Embedded Design Suite (EDS)	✓	✓	-	-	-	-	-	✓	-	-	-	-
Intel® Quartus® Prime Stand-Alone Programmer	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Intel® Advanced Link Analyzer	✓	✓	✓	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Functionality No Longer Supported	Software Edition	Stand-Alone Software	Starting in Version	Linux/windows	Replaced by	Additional Information
32-bit library	Pro and Standard	n/a	14.0	Linux and Windows	64-Bit Version
32-bit stand-alone programmer	Standard	n/a	18.2	Linux and Windows	64-Bit Version
Red Hat* 5	Standard	n/a	18.1	Linux	Red Hat* 6 and Upwards
Cygwin*	Pro	Nios II EDS	19.2	Windows	Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)	2.1. Installing Windows* Subsystem for Linux* (WSL) on Windows*
Cygwin*	Standard	Nios II EDS	19.1	Windows	Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)	2.1. Installing Windows* Subsystem for Linux* (WSL) on Windows*
Windows 7	Pro and Standard	n/a	20.1	Windows	Windows 10	For Windows users, you will need to download and install the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) for Windows Server as well as Windows 10.
Intel SoC FPGA Embedded Development Suite (SoC EDS)	Pro and Standard	Intel SoC FPGA Embedded Development Suite (SoC EDS)	20.3	Linux and Windows		Embedded Software and Tools for Intel SoC FPGA
ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Starter Edition	Pro and Standard	Intel FPGA Starter Edition Simulation Tool	21.3	Linux and Windows	Questa*-Intel® FPGA Starter Edition	Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition Software

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Functionality with additional support	Software Edition	Stand-Alone Software	Linux/windows	User Guide

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KDB Topic	Software Edition	Version Found	Linux/windows
Design files with lengthy file paths might cause an internal error in the Windows version of the Quartus Prime Pro Edition software	Pro	15.1	Linux and Windows

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We have tested using GNOME Desktop Environment and MobaXTerm for remote desktop usage. Other tools may work but have not been tested.

Table 2. Release Notes and readme.txt Files for Altera® FPGA Standard Edition Software

Note: Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Software Readme and Release Notes are applied to Quartus® Prime Lite Edition Software.

Version	FPGA Software Download Center	Readme Quartus® Standard Edition	Release Notes Quartus® Standard Edition	Readme Questa-Intel® FPGA Edition ModelSim-Intel® FPGA Edition	Release Notes Questa-Intel® FPGA Edition ModelSim-Intel® FPGA Edition
23.1	Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Design Software Version 23.1 for Windows Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Design Software Version 23.1 for Linux	Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Version 23.1 readme.txt	Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Version 23.1 Release Notes	Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2023.3 readme.txt	Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2023.3 Release Notes
22.1	Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Design Software Version 22.1 for Windows Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Design Software Version 22.1 for Linux	Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Version 22.1 readme.txt	Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Version 22.1 Release Notes	Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2021.2 readme.txt	Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2021.2 Release Notes
21.1	Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Design Software Version 21.1 for Windows Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Design Software Version 21.1 for Linux	Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Version 21.1 readme.txt	Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Version 21.1 Release Notes	Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2021.2 readme.txt	Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2021.2 Release Note
20.1	Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Design Software Version 20.1 for Windows Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Design Software Version 20.1 for Linux	Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Version 20.1 readme.txt	Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Version 20.1 Release Notes	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2020.1 readme.txt	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2020.1 Release Notes
19.1	Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Design Software Version 19.1 for Windows Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Design Software Version 19.1 for Linux	Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Version 19.1 readme.txt	Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Version 19.1 Release Notes	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 10.5b readme.txt	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 10.5b Release Notes
18.1	Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Design Software Version 18.1 for Windows Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Design Software Version 18.1 for Linux	Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Version 18.1 readme.txt	Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Version 18.1 Release Notes	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 10.5b readme.txt	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 10.5b Release Notes
18.0	Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Design Software Version 18.0 for Windows Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Design Software Version 18.0 for Linux	Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Version 18.0 readme.txt	Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Version 18.0 Release Notes	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 10.5b readme.txt	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 10.5b Release Notes
17.1	Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Design Software Version 17.1 for Windows Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Design Software Version 17.1 for Linux	Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Version 17.1 readme.txt	Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Version 17.1 Release Notes	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 10.5c readme.txt	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 10.5c Release Notes
17.0	Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Design Software Version 17.0 for Windows Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Design Software Version 17.0 for Linux	Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Version 17.0 readme.txt	Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Version 17.0 Release Notes	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 10.5c readme.txt	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 10.5c Release Notes

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Table 3. OS Support for Altera® FPGA Standard Edition Software Versions

Windows*
Processor	64bit	64bit	64bit	64bit
Version	11	10	8.1	7
23.1	✓	✓	×	×
22.1	✓	✓	×	×
21.1	×	✓	×	×
20.1	×	✓	×	×
19.1	×	✓	✓	✓
18.1	×	✓	✓	✓
18.0	×	✓	✓	✓

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Red Hat* Enterprise Linux
Processor	64bit	64bit	64bit	64bit	64bit	64bit	64bit	64bit	64bit	64bit	64bit
Version	9.1	9.0	8.7	8.6	8.4	8.2	7.7	7.5	7	6.9	6
23.1	✓	✓	✓	✓	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
22.1	×	×	×	✓	✓	×	×	×	×	×	×
21.1	×	×	×	×	×	✓	✓	×	×	×	×
20.1	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	✓	×	✓	×
19.1	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	✓	×	✓	×
18.1	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	✓	×	✓
18.0	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	✓	×	✓

Ubuntu*
Processor	64bit	64bit	64bit	64bit	64bit
Version	22.04	20.04	18.04	16.04	14.04
23.1	✓	✓	✓	×	×
22.1	✓	✓	✓	×	×
21.1	×	✓	✓	✓	×
20.1	×	×	✓	✓	✓
19.1	×	×	×	✓	✓
18.1	×	×	×	✓	✓
18.0	×	×	×	✓	✓

CentOS
Processor	64bit	64bit
Version	8.2	7.7
23.1	×	×
22.1	×	×
21.1	✓	✓
20.1	×	×
19.1	×	×
18.1	×	×
18.0	×	×

Table 1. Current Version 23.1 OS Support for Altera® FPGA Lite Design Suite

Quartus® Prime Lite Edition Software and Additional Software

Software	*Windows 10**	*Windows 11**	Windows Server* 2019 Enterprise	*Red Hat Enterprise Linux* 8.6**	*Red Hat Enterprise Linux* 8.7**	*Red Hat Enterprise Linux* 9.0**	*Red Hat Enterprise Linux* 9.1**	*SUSE SLE 12**	*SUSE SLE 15**	*Ubuntu 18.04 LTS**	*Ubuntu 20.04 LTS**	*Ubuntu 22.04 LTS**
Quartus® Prime Lite Edition	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Questa*-Intel® FPGA Starter Edition	✓	-	-	✓	✓	-	-	✓	✓	-	-	-
Nios® II Embedded Design Suite (EDS)	✓	✓	-	-	-	-	-	✓	-	-	-	-
Intel® Quartus® Prime Stand-Alone Programmer	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

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Table 2. Release Notes and readme.txt Files for Altera® FPGA Lite Edition Software

Note: Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Software Readme and Release Notes are applied to Quartus® Prime Lite Edition Software.

Version	FPGA Software Download Center	Readme Quartus® Lite Edition	Release Notes Quartus® Lite Edition	Readme Questa-Intel® FPGA Edition ModelSim-Intel® FPGA Edition	Release Notes Questa-Intel® FPGA Edition ModelSim-Intel® FPGA Edition
23.1	Intel® Quartus® Prime Lite Edition Design Software Version 23.1 for Windows Intel® Quartus® Prime Lite Edition Design Software Version 23.1 for Linux	Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Version 23.1 readme.txt	Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Version 23.1 Release Notes	Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2023.3 readme.txt	Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2023.3 Release Notes
22.1	Intel® Quartus® Prime Lite Edition Design Software Version 22.1 for Windows Intel® Quartus® Prime Lite Edition Design Software Version 22.1 for Linux	Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Version 22.1 readme.txt	Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Version 22.1 Release Notes	Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2021.2 readme.txt	Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2021.2 Release Notes
21.1	Intel® Quartus® Prime Lite Edition Design Software Version 21.1 for Windows Intel® Quartus® Prime Lite Edition Design Software Version 21.1 for Linux	Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Version 21.1 readme.txt	Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Version 21.1 Release Notes	Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2021.2 readme.txt	Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2021.2 Release Notes
20.1	Intel® Quartus® Prime Lite Edition Design Software Version 20.1 for Windows Intel® Quartus® Prime Lite Edition Design Software Version 20.1 for Linux	Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Version 20.1 readme.txt	Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Version 20.1 Release Notes	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2020.1 readme.txt	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 2020.1 Release Notes
19.1	Intel® Quartus® Prime Lite Edition Design Software Version 19.1 for Windows Intel® Quartus® Prime Lite Edition Design Software Version 19.1 for Linux	Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Version 19.1 readme.txt	Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Version 19.1 Release Notes	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 10.5b readme.txt	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 10.5b Release Notes
18.1	Intel® Quartus® Prime Lite Edition Design Software Version 18.1 for Windows Intel® Quartus® Prime Lite Edition Design Software Version 18.1 for Linux	Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Version 18.1 readme.txt	Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Version 18.1 Release Notes	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 10.5b readme.txt	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 10.5b Release Notes
18.0	Intel® Quartus® Prime Lite Edition Design Software Version 18.0 for Windows Intel® Quartus® Prime Lite Edition Design Software Version 18.0 for Linux	Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Version 18.0 readme.txt	Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Version 18.0 Release Notes	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 10.5b readme.txt	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 10.5b Release Notes
17.1	Intel® Quartus® Prime Lite Edition Design Software Version 17.1 for Windows Intel® Quartus® Prime Lite Edition Design Software Version 17.1 for Linux	Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Version 17.1 readme.txt	Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Version 17.1 Release Notes	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 10.5c readme.txt	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 10.5c Release Notes
17.0	Intel® Quartus® Prime Lite Edition Design Software Version 17.0 for Windows Intel® Quartus® Prime Lite Edition Design Software Version 17.0 for Linux	Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Version 17.0 readme.txt	Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Version 17.0 Release Notes	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 10.5c readme.txt	ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Version 10.5c Release Notes

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Table 3. OS Support for Altera® FPGA Lite Edition Software Versions

Windows*
Processor	64bit	64bit	64bit	64bit
Version	11	10	8.1	7
23.1	✓	✓	×	×
22.1	✓	✓	×	×
21.1	×	✓	×	×
20.1	×	✓	×	✓
19.1	×	✓	✓	✓
18.1	×	✓	✓	✓
18.0	×	✓	✓	✓

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