Installing Quartus, SoC EDS, and DS-5 on "Unsupported" 64-bit Linux Distros

Installation of DS-5 on 64-bit Linux host platforms requires that certain 32-bit compatibility libraries are installed. If these libraries are not installed, DS-5 may fail to run or will report errors about the missing libraries.

Refer to the DS-5 Release Notes in your installation directory and this ARM Technical Support Knowledge Article for additional infomation.

These installation instructions have been tested with Quartus Prime Standard and SoC Embedded Design Suite (SoCEDS) release v15.1 on the following "unsupported" 64-bit Linux distributions:

• Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS
• Kubuntu 14.04.3 LTS (requires installation of xterm or gnome terminal before installing SoCEDS)
• Linux Mint 17.2 LTS

Other "unsupported" distributions not listed will require either xterm or gnome terminal to complete the SoCEDS installation.

$ sudo apt-get install xterm
OR
$ sudo apt-get install gnome-terminal

Download Installation Files

Download and untar the Quartus installer, device support, and SoCEDS installation files from the Altera website.

Install Quartus

Open a terminal window and cd to your download directory and run the Quartus installer (do not run as root with sudo as this will make root the owner of the installation directories and can cause problems later, such as saving your Quartus license setup):

$ ./setup.sh

Install Missing 32-bit Libraries

Open a new or existing terminal window, cd to your Altera download directory and run:

$ wget http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.faqs/attached/14522/ds-deps-ubuntu_64.sh
$ chmod +x ds-deps-ubuntu_64.sh
$ sudo ./ds-deps-ubuntu_64.sh

If you want to check what is missing first without installing, run:

$ sudo ./ds-deps-ubuntu_64.sh --no-install

The script will check for and install any missing libraries and packages.

Depending on your distribution, the script may fail on the package installation after checking for libGL.so.1. If it does, install the following package:

$ sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-glx-lts-trusty:i386 

This was required on the Ubuntu 14.04.3 based installations but not on Linux Mint 17.2.

Install SoC EDS and DS-5

From your download directory, run the SoCEDS installer:

$ sudo ./SoCEDSSetup-15.1.0.185-linux.run

When the SoCEDS installation completes, you will be prompted to Launch DS-5 installation. Select Yes to continue with DS-5 installation.

When the new DS-5 installation terminal window opens, press and hold Enter to scroll to the bottom of the license agreement.

Type 'yes' to accept.

Type 'yes' to "Run installation platform requirement checks".

There should be no libraries missing at this point.

Type 'yes' to create DS-5 directory and begin DS-5 installation.

Type 'yes' or 'no' to install desktop menu item additions.

Type 'yes' to install post setup scripts.

Installation should now be completed successfully.