Intel® FPGA ByteBlaster™ II Driver for Linux
Product Discontinuance Notifications
Intel has discontinued the Quartus® II and MAX+PLUS® II Software. More details are available at Quartus® II and MAX+PLUS® II Software product discontinuance notifications and list of discontinued additional software.
You must install the Intel FPGA ByteBlaster II download cable driver before you can use the cable to program devices with the Quartus® II software.
You must have root privileges to install the ByteBlaster II download cable driver.
This procedure is described in the ByteBlaster II Download Cable User Guide in the section called "Installing the Driver on a Linux System." Refer to that document for installation instructions.