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#Installing modelsim altera vhdl model files install#
#Installing modelsim altera vhdl model files update#
#Installing modelsim altera vhdl model files 32 bit#
#Installing modelsim altera vhdl model files Patch#
#Installing modelsim altera vhdl model files code#

quartus/bin/jtagd: 59: ARGV=/home/user/.nf: not found quartus/bin/jtagd: 59: ARGV=-config: not found quartus/bin/jtagd: 59: ARGV=-user-start: not found Sudo sed -i 's/\/proc\/bus\/usb\/devices/\/dev\/bus\/usb\/devices\d0/g' /quartus/linux/jtagd Note that these commands will create a backup copy of the JTAG server ( jtagd.bak).

#Installing modelsim altera vhdl model files Patch#

If you have a doubt, it won't harm to patch both files.īefore executing the commands, replace by your installation path (e.g., /opt/altera/10.0). Select the set corresponding to your system. There are 2 sets of commands, one for 32-bit OS and the other one for 64-bit. Now we will use sed to replace the paths that the JTAG server is looking at. This soft link will disappear on reboot, so if you don't want to type it every time, add this line in a script or in your /etc/rc.local file (without the sudo). Sudo ln -s /sys/kernel/debug/usb/devices /dev/bus/usb/devices It is generally found in C:\altera\="6001", MODE="0666"įor older Quartus versions than 11.0, we need to patch the JTAG server to look for devices in /sys/kernel/debug/usb/devices instead of /proc/bus/usb/devices, and in /dev/bus/usb/././ instead of /proc/bus/usb/././.Īs the former won't fit in the string placeholder of the binary file, we choose to create a soft link. Select the usb-blaster folder from your Quartus install. Windows should ask you for the location of the drivers.

#Installing modelsim altera vhdl model files update#

If you are updating a previous version of Quartus II, do not forget to update the USB-Blaster driver accordingly or you may experience strange behavior from JTAG based features.

#Installing modelsim altera vhdl model files install#

But before being able to program the board you will need to install the drivers. (No need to open the subscription page request).

At the end of the installer you can run Quartus II.

Note that it is possible to add more components later on.

ModelSim-Altera Starter edition (Free).

Execute the installer and follow the instructions until you reach Components Select.

Test by running vsim and hopefully you will be greeted by the ModelSim GUI.Go to the Download page of the Quartus II Web Edition here and download it. Now we need to edit the vsim launch script to ensure the new freetype libraries are used:Īnd underneath add the following new line: Sudo cp ~/Downloads/freetype-2.4.12/objs/.libs/libfreetype.so*. Note you may need to edit the directory paths to match those used on your system. As they are necessary to run ModelSim we need to copy them into the install directory so they don't get lost and then modify ModelSim's vsim script to use the new libraries instead of the system wide versions.Ĭhange directory to the directory where you installed ModelSim, /opt/altera/13.1/modelsim_ase/, on my system. The finished libraries are now available inside the " objs/.libs" directory. Sudo apt-get build-dep -a i386 libfreetype6 Now install the build dependencies needed for libfreetype6, extract the source (using tar) and configure and build libfreetype:

#Installing modelsim altera vhdl model files code#

For an unknown reason ModelSim has an issue with modern versions shipping in Arch and Ubuntu 14.04.įirst download the source code of freetype 2.4.12: Then you probably need to build a new version of freetype, a font setting library and modify ModelSim to use it.

** Fatal: Read failure in vlm process (0,0)

Problem number two: If you have the following error when running vsim:

Sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install build-essential sudo apt-get install gcc-multilib g++-multilib \Įxpat:i386 fontconfig:i386 libfreetype6:i386 libexpat1:i386 libc6:i386 libgtk-3-0:i386 \ Luckily this is fully supported on a modern Linux like Ubuntu 14.

#Installing modelsim altera vhdl model files 32 bit#

On Linux this requires us to install the 32 bit versions of the libraries that it depends on. Problem number one: The free version of ModelSim Altera Edition is 32 bit only while the normal Linux PC will be 64 bit. This article mostly adapts the work done by the Arch Linux crew. Luckily I had lots of helpful information on the internet (major sources linked below) to get it going. Trying to get a version of ModelSim running on a very modern version of Linux often presents challenges.