How to install Quartus Prime Lite 19.1 and ModelSim 10.5b on Fedora 29

quartus_prime_lite_19.1_fedora29.md

Quartus Prime Lite 19.1 on Fedora 29 - installation guide

1. Install Quartus and ModelSim - get the Combined Files tar archive from here

2. Add Quartus bin dir to PATH, e.g. /space/eda/intelFPGA_lite/19.1/quartus/bin

3. Add ModelSim bin dir to PATH, e.g. /space/eda/intelFPGA_lite/19.1/modelsim_ase/linuxaloem

4. Install 32-bit ncurses for ModelSim

   dnf install ncurses-compat-libs.i686
   

5. Create dir for 32-bit libs

   mkdir /space/eda/intelFPGA_lite/19.1/lib32
   

6. ModelSim needs old libFreeType

   1. Install dependecies

      dnf install glibc-devel.i686 glibc-devel libstdc++-devel.i686
      

   2. Download and compile lib

      wget http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/freetype-2.4.12.tar.bz2
      tar xf freetype-2.4.12.tar.bz2
      cd freetype-2.4.12
      ./configure --host=i686-linux-gnu "CFLAGS=-m32" "CXXFLAGS=-m32" "LDFLAGS=-m32"
      make -j8
      

   3. Copy libs to Quartus dir

      cp ./objs/.libs/libfreetype.so /space/eda/intelFPGA_lite/19.1/lib32
      cp ./objs/.libs/libfreetype.so.6 /space/eda/intelFPGA_lite/19.1/lib32
      cp ./objs/.libs/libfreetype.so.6.10.1 /space/eda/intelFPGA_lite/19.1/lib32/libfreetype.so.6.10.2
      

7. Old libFreeType depends on old libFontConfig. Extract needed file from CentOS7 rpm.

   mkdir fontconfig-2.13.0-4.3.el7
   cd fontconfig-2.13.0-4.3.el7
   wget https://rpmfind.net/linux/centos/7.7.1908/os/x86_64/Packages/fontconfig-2.13.0-4.3.el7.i686.rpm
   rpm2cpio fontconfig-2.13.0-4.3.el7.i686.rpm | cpio -idmv
   cp ./usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1 /space/eda/intelFPGA_lite/19.1/lib32
   

8. Fix the ModelSim script /space/eda/intelFPGA_lite/19.1/modelsim_ase/vco

   1. Add path to dir with 32-bit libs

      add after line
      
      dir=`dirname "$arg0"`
      
      line
      
      export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${dir}/../lib32
      

   2. Fix path

      find line
      
      *)                vco="linux_rh60" ;;
      
      replace with
      
      *)                vco="linux" ;;
      
      

9. Add to ~/.bashrc

   alias vsim="LD_LIBRARY_PATH=\"$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/space/eda/intelFPGA_lite/19.1/lib32\" vsim"
   

10. Fix Quartus to be able to run ModelSim from GUI

    1. Open

       /space/eda/intelFPGA_lite/19.1/quartus/adm/qenv.sh
       

    2. Add to the top

       export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/space/eda/intelFPGA_lite/19.1/lib32:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
       

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