• Last modified: Sept 18, 2023

This is a short step-by-step guide on how to install Intel Development Tools on WinOS and LinuxOS.

Win10

Quartus Prime Software - Windows

  1. Download Quartus Software
  2. Run installer executable <product>-<version>-windows.exe (e.g. QuartusLiteSetup-22.1std.2.922-windows.exe)
    1. Follow the instructions of the installation wizard
  3. Download device support you need
    1. Available device support for Quartus Prime Pro Edition 22.4: Quartus Prime Pro 22.4 for Windows - Device Support → Individual Files → Devices
      • Agliex (license required)
      • Arria 10 (license required)
      • Cyclone 10 GX (free, no license file required)
      • eASIC™ N5X (license required)
      • Stratix 10 (license required)
    2. Available device support for Quartus Prime Lite Edition 22.1.2 (free) : Quartus Prime Lite 22.1.2 for Windows - Device Support → Individual Files → Devices
      • Arria II
      • Cyclone IV
      • Cyclone 10 LP
      • Cyclone V
      • MAX II, MAX V
      • MAX 10 FPGA
  4. Launch Device Installer from WIndows Start Menu to install device support
    1. Follow the instructions of the device installer wizard
  5. Install Arrow USB Blaster driver for Trenz boards: Arrow USB Programmer

Nios II EDS - Windows

NIos II EDS is included in Quartus Prime software, but there are additional requirements for using it:

  • Installing Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) (required from version Quartus Prime Lite Edition 19.1 and Quartus Prime Pro Edition 19.2)
  • Installing Eclipse IDE into Nios II EDS (required from version Nios II EDS v19.1)

Install Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)

  • Recommended operating system version:
    • Windows* 10 build version 18362.1256 or higher
    • Windows* 11 build version 22000.1219 or higher
  • Install only WSL1. WSL2 is not supported by Nios II EDS.
  1. Open PowerShell as Administrator

    1. Enable the Windows Subsystem for Linux: 

      dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart

    2. Enable virtual machine feature:

      dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart
  2. Restart your PC to complete the installation.
  3. Install Linux distribution Ubuntu18.04 LTS for WSL 

    1. Open PowerShell as Administrator and run:

      wsl --install --distribution Ubuntu-18.04
    2. Launch Ubuntu18.04 from Windows Start Menu and follow instructions

      1. Install additional packages:

        sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt install wsl
sudo apt install dos2unix
sudo apt install make
sudo apt install build-essential

For more information see: Installing Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) on Windows

Install Eclipse IDE into Nios II EDS - Windows

Starting with Nios II EDS v19.1 the Eclipse IDE must be installed manually as it is not included in Quartus Prime software.

  1. Download CDT 8.8.1 which is Eclipse C/C++ IDE for Mars.2: eclipse-cpp-mars-2-win32-x86_64.zip
  2. Extract the downloaded file and rename the <download_path>/eclipse folder to <download_path>/eclipse_nios2
  3. Copy and paste <quartus_installation_path>/nios2eds/bin/eclipse_nios2_plugins.zip to <download_path>
  4. Extract <download_path>/eclipse_nios2_plugins.zip → the Extraction overrides files in <download_path>/eclipse_nios2
  5. To verfiy the correct extraction you should see <download_path>/eclipse_nios2/plugin_customization.ini file
  6. Copy and paste <download_path>/eclipse_nios2 to <quartus_installation_path>/nios2eds/bin/eclipse_nios2
  7. Now you can launch "Nios II Software Build Tools for Eclipse"

For more information see: Nios II Developer Handbook#3.1. Installing Eclipse IDE into Nios II EDS

RiscFree IDE for Intel FPGAs- Windows

  1. Download RiscFree IDE Software
  2. Run installer executable RiscFreeSetup-<version>-windows.exe (e.g. RiscFreeSetup-22.1std.2.922-windows.exe)
    1. Follow the instructions of the installation wizard

For more Information see: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/docs/programmable/730783/22-4/installation-and-setup.html

Linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Quartus Prime Software - Linux

  1. Open Terminal

  2. Install required libraries:

    sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linuxuprising/libpng12
sudo apt update
sudo apt install libc6:i386 libncurses6:i386 libxtst6:i386 libxft2:i386 libstdc++6:i386 \
				 libc6-dev-i386 lib32z1 libncurses5 libbz2-1.0:i386 libpng12-0 libqt5xml5 \
				 liblzma-dev libcanberra-gtk-module
  3. Download Quartus Software

  4. Run command:

    sudo chmod +x <download_path>/<product>-<version>-linux.run

  5. Run installer executable (e.g. QuartusLiteSetup-22.1std.2.922-linux.run) and follow the instructions of the installation wizard:

    <download_path>/<product>-<version>-linux.run
  6. Download device support you need
    1. Available device support for Quartus Prime Pro Edition 22.4: Quartus Prime Pro 22.4 for Linux - Device Support → Individual Files → Devices
      • Agliex (license required)
      • Arria 10 (license required)
      • Cyclone 10 GX (free, no license file required)
      • eASIC™ N5X (license required)
      • Stratix 10 (license required)
    2. Available device support for Quartus Prime Lite Edition 22.1.2 (free) : Quartus Prime Lite 22.1.2 for Linux - Device Support → Individual Files → Devices
      • Arria II
      • Cyclone IV
      • Cyclone 10 LP
      • Cyclone V
      • MAX II, MAX V
      • MAX 10 FPGA

  7. Launch Quartus Prime with

    #Quartus Prime Pro Edition 22.4
path/to/intelFPGA_pro/22.4/quartus/bin/quartus
#Quartus Prime Lite Edition 22.1.2
path/to/intelFPGA_lite/22.1std/quartus/bin/quartus
  8. Click 'Tools → Install Devices' to install device support
    1. Follow the instructions of the device installer wizard
  9. Install Arrow USB Blaster driver for Trenz boards: Arrow USB Programmer

Nios II EDS - Linux

Install Eclipse IDE into Nios II EDS - Linux

Starting with Nios II EDS v19.1 the Eclipse IDE must be installed manually as it is not included in Quartus Prime software.

  1. Download CDT 8.8.1 which is Eclipse C/C++ IDE for Mars.2: eclipse-cpp-mars-2-linux-gtk-x86_64.tar.gz
  2. move downloaded file to <installation_directory>/nios2eds/bin

  3. Extract the downloaded file:

    sudo tar xfv <installation_directory>/nios2eds/bin/eclipse-cpp-mars-2-linux-gtk-x86_64.tar.gz

  4. Rename the extracted file:

    sudo mv <installation_directory>/nios2eds/bin/eclipse <installation_directory>/nios2eds/bin/eclipse_nios2

  5. Extract the existing file "eclipse_nios2_plugins.tar.gz" → the Extraction overrides files in <download_path>/eclipse_nios2:

    sudo tar xfv <installation_directory>/nios2eds/bin/eclipse_nios2_plugins.tar.gz
  6. To verfiy the correct extraction you should see the <installation_directory>/nios2eds/bin/eclipse_nios2/plugin_customization.ini file
  7. Now you can launch "Nios II Software Build Tools for Eclipse"

For more information see: Nios II Developer Handbook#3.1. Installing Eclipse IDE into Nios II EDS

RiscFree IDE for Intel FPGAs - Linux

  1. Download RiscFree IDE Software
  2. Run installer RiscFreeSetup-<version>-linux.run (e.g. RiscFreeSetup-22.1std.2.922-linux.run)
    1. Follow the instructions of the installation wizard

For more Information see: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/docs/programmable/730783/22-4/installation-and-setup.html

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