How to make ModelSim from Quartus Prime Lite work on Ubuntu 20.04

This tutorial shows how to get the free, legal Linux version of ModelSim that ships with Intel Quartus Prime Lite to work on Ubuntu 20.04.
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[@SebJames55]

Thank you so much Sir! I have been trying to get modelsim working for several weeks, your tutorial worked spot on for me.

[@lazar_rad]

Tusen takk! Jeg hadde versjonen Altera og dette hjalp ikke, men versjonen intelFPGA fungerte rett-ut-av-esken. Og jeg fikk en mulighet til å trene norsk :)

[@purushothamakm2812]

thank you very much sir.i break head for why modelsim is not working , but after this i resolved,once again thank you

[@theohoule3840]

OH MY GOD I did not believe in it but it worked! I think I love you now... I've been trying to install this crap for 3 weeks now, I need it for a course. Tusen takk !

[@VHDLwhiz]

Haha! Vær så god! (You're welcome)

[@darekkonopka2031]

Thank you so much! can you also do a video on how to setup quartus II lite and USB blaster. There are so many different posts on USB blaster and most are wrong :(

[@VHDLwhiz]

I don't have a USB Blaster unit yet, but I'm thinking about getting one. Thank you for the suggestion!

[@shemsnow3711]

Can you show how to edit the script manually because we don't all have the same directory as you so the commands don't work

[@VHDLwhiz]

Check out the OUTPUT FROM THE DIFF BETWEEN ‘VCO’ AND ‘VCO_ORIGINAL’ section in my blog post: vhdlwhiz.com/modelsim-quartus-prime-lite-ubuntu-20-04/ It shows a diff view of the original script and the altered one. You can use that information to manually change the script.

[@dipankarnandi7708]

Whenever I click on download option, I a redirected to the Signup page of Intel! Can you help me! As I am unable to go any further from there

[@VHDLwhiz]

When you are on that page, select "Register now for an individual account" and go through with that. Then, after activating your free account, click the download link once again to get the program.

[@dipankarnandi7708]

@@VHDLwhiz I just did now and finally its downloading. I will surely update on the final result of this installation 😁😁

[@manuelbojorge5840]

Sorry, but, how can I run it from quartus? Hehe I did it on windows but on Ubuntu nothing works

[@kunalshinde540]

Thank you very much Sir!, Such a precise and simple explanation !

[@alicebob5439]

Thank you sir! This is very helpful! I really appreciate your work!

[@varghesegeorge]

Thank you so much! This was extremely helpful.

[@KidzGraca]

Thanks for the tutorial! I'm running on debian 10 and now the ModelSim open normally from terminal, but still not working when i try the ModelSim compiler in Quartus. Can you help me? Error message: ** Error: and-two-ports.vwf.vht(32): near "and": (vcom-1576) expecting IDENTIFIER.# End time: 14:23:48 on Oct 08,2020, Elapsed time: 0:00:00# Errors: 1, Warnings: 0# ** Error: /home/caio/intelFPGA_lite/20.1/modelsim_ase/linuxaloem/vcom failed.# Executing ONERROR command at macro ./and-two-ports.do line 4 I'm set the path from ModelSim Altera (Tools -> EDA Tool Options) in /modelsim_ase/bin in Quartus configuration. Sorry for my bad english, i'm not a native

[@VHDLwhiz]

I don't know exactly what's wrong, but it does look like there's a problem with the VHDL code rather than with the software. Maybe someone with a better knowledge of Quartus II can help.

[@KidzGraca]

@@VHDLwhiz thanks a lot from help! I'll continue researching

[@VHDLwhiz]

@@KidzGraca Try to ask in the Intel FPGA Community forum community.intel.com/t5/FPGAs-and-Programmable-Solutions/ct-p/fpgas-programmable-devices Or you can use ModelSim independently from Quartus II. Just start it from the "vsim" executable rather than through Quartus. That's why I always do. Then you can create a generic VHDL testbench for you module.

[@111222333Marko]

Would Quartus Lite also work with these fixes or do I need to follow a different tutorial? (Ubuntu 20.04)

[@Observant_CROW]

should be able to work without tricks

[@salmadalida6640]

thank you for your great explanation.

[@simonjalilcruz8695]

Great tutorial! It works !!! Thank You a lot!!

[@antonis_stournaras]

Thank you so much. You help me a lot!

[@enbiciandocr]

Thank you sir! It works!

[@quangnguyeninh5730]

I installed questa in Linux Mint When i try to open vsim then problem appeared Please help me !!! Unable to find the license file. It appears that your license file environment variable (e.g., LM_LICENSE_FILE) is not set correctly. Unable to checkout a license. Vsim is closing. ** Error: Invalid license environment. Application closing.

[@SaltWaterLazarus]

I have the same problem. Did you find a solution?

[@HeneStuchi]

Very helpful!

[@priyaganesh4127]

Hi, This was working in my other system but now i got a new laptop and it is not working, getting this error: intelFPGA/19.1/modelsim_ase/bin/../linux/vish: symbol lookup error: /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libfontconfig.so.1: undefined symbol: FT_Done_MM_Var ** Fatal: Read failure in vlm process (0,0) Would be great if you can help me solving this issue.

[@rogegerasate7053]

Big thumbs up. You saved me!

[@jesuscampac]

Thank you very much, you are the best

[@ssBhaskar]

How to change font size of text editor

[@shtappy]

Thank you so much sir.

[@Observant_CROW]

Works, thanks a lot

[@huypixeltft6068]

why the vhld code is so small, how to zoom it in

[@VHDLwhiz]

You can change the font size preferences in Questa/ModelSim Tools - Edit Preferences

[@biscltusimmer7608]

You're life saver!!!

[@amirhosseini1834]

Thank you so much!

[@shivakz5761]

So useful Thanks

[@Ahmed-i4m1k]

شكرا Thanks

[@MRSBK-2002]

I am getting error while loading shared libraries: libXext.so.6:wrong elf elfclass64

[@JoelAMaldonado]

Each time I try to install the 32-bit libraries and type "y" it says abort

[@VHDLwhiz]

I'm not sure what causes that. Did you forget to runt the line: sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 Try to use apt-get instead of apt and tell it to answer YES automatically sudo apt-get --yes install build-essential ...

[@JoelAMaldonado]

@@VHDLwhiz ok thank you

[@nirmaldavis805]

may i know whether this work for ubuntu18.04

[@VHDLwhiz]

I don't know. Probably, or with small variations. Let us know if you give it a try. 🙂

[@khaledyehia8499]

it does. Same instructions worked for me on ubuntu 18.04.

[@VHDLwhiz]

@@khaledyehia8499 Thank you for confirming!

[@khaledyehia8499]

@@VHDLwhiz you are most welcome. Thanks for the nice tutorial.

[@minhajsixbyte]

Thanks a lot

[@phoenixamir8139]

awesome

[@RonaldoEuSi]

I followed all of the guide on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and got this error in the end, any idea on how to fix it? Would appreciate it a lot! I run vsim in the terminal: ./altera/13.0sp1/modelsim_ase/bin/vsim Error in startup script: Initialization problem, exiting. Initialization problem, exiting. Initialization problem, exiting. while executing "EnvHistory::Reset" (procedure "PropertiesInit" line 3) invoked from within "PropertiesInit" invoked from within "ncFyP12 -+" (file "/home/osmium/altera/13.0sp1/modelsim_ase/linux/../tcl/vsim/vsim" line 1) ** Fatal: Read failure in vlm process (0,0) "

[@RonaldoEuSi]

I had to add the line manually about lib in the cvo file, worked after that

[@majamajic7932]

Can you please right it down step by step? Just that part with adding lib?

[@huypixeltft6068]

Help me with this sed: can't read ~/intelFPGA/19.1/model_ase/vco