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1. #How to manually launch modelsim altera how to#
2. #How to manually launch modelsim altera install#
3. #How to manually launch modelsim altera update#

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.

#How to manually launch modelsim altera install#

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. Cannot launch the ModelSim-Altera software.

#How to manually launch modelsim altera how to#

Sudo apt-get build-dep -a i386 libfreetype6 In this tutorial, were going to see how to install ModelSim-Altera Starter Edition 10.1d simulation tool. Now install the build dependencies needed for libfreetype6, extract the source (using tar) and configure and build libfreetype: 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:

#How to manually launch modelsim altera update#

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 \ June 2011 Altera Corporation Getting Started with Quartus II Simulation Using the ModelSim-Altera Software third-party EDA. Luckily this is fully supported on a modern Linux like Ubuntu 14.

The latest version of ModelSim-Altera 6.5b (Quartus II 9.1sp2) is currently unknown. The default behavior is that ModelSim uses its own internal editor, which I don't like.I've Googled and I've searched the ModelSim User Manual. ModelSim-Altera 6.5b (Quartus II 9.1sp2) is a Shareware software in the category Miscellaneous developed by Model Technology. On Linux this requires us to install the 32 bit versions of the libraries that it depends on. I want to set up my favorite editor in ModelSim. 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.