Following along as a first-time FPGA user. I just managed to get Quartus II V.15 install in Debian 8.1 yesterday, and have yet to get update 1.0 downloaded and installed.
By Friday, my BeMicro CV and CVA9 are supposed to arrive. And I see that migrating the CV version of Propeller 1V FPGA to CVA9 is progressing.
Frankly, I am sure that I have much more in FPGA resources than I need for now. Plenty of room to grow, maybe beyond the Propeller 2.
It seems Quartus II Update 2 supersedes Update 1. (I no longer find an Update 1 available for download)
In other words, Update 2 is the only update to V15 that is required to get up to speed, it may work fine for those that have already installed Update 1.
Completed migration from Quartus II 15.0 directly to Update 2 in Debian 8.1 64 bit.
One word of advice, the installation files hang for quite awhile in the beginning before making any progress on the visual indicator. It is a big installation so don't expect it to move quickly, don't assume a failure to start.... just wait for it to progress.
The only problem is that I had to dig up a Quartus II manual to determine how to start the application in Linux. There are just too many sub-directories and executable files to make an obvious guess.
It has to be started from the Command line and in the appropriate directory. And of course, once that is known and working, one can make one's own icon for it.
Quartus works fine on win10, programming works too. The drivers were not installed automagically thougj, I had to force install manually, not big hurdle.
I forget to mention..........
The only snag is that the USB-Blaster requires configuration errors resolved to get running properly and the Debian wiki isn't quite right. Use the ArchLinux wiki on the USB-Blaster and all will be good.
I actually considered Windows 10 for a wee bit of time, but after revisiting my Windows Vista and Windows 7 installations for some updating -- no thank you.
Red Hat/Fedora related Linux distributions might be a cleaner install that Debian related Linux distributions. Altera claims to support Red Hat.
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Sorry but there doesn't seem a simple way to install on Apple OSx.
maybe now that IBM is going to buy loads of macs, some vendors will be considering a couple more options for their tools, I'm not really honding my breath though. Specially now that Apple seems only interested in fashion
For w10 I have a nice 1ong hosts file
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I've just installed it.
I've just installed it.
By Friday, my BeMicro CV and CVA9 are supposed to arrive. And I see that migrating the CV version of Propeller 1V FPGA to CVA9 is progressing.
Frankly, I am sure that I have much more in FPGA resources than I need for now. Plenty of room to grow, maybe beyond the Propeller 2.
In other words, Update 2 is the only update to V15 that is required to get up to speed, it may work fine for those that have already installed Update 1.
All works fine so far with no noticeable difference.
One word of advice, the installation files hang for quite awhile in the beginning before making any progress on the visual indicator. It is a big installation so don't expect it to move quickly, don't assume a failure to start.... just wait for it to progress.
The only problem is that I had to dig up a Quartus II manual to determine how to start the application in Linux. There are just too many sub-directories and executable files to make an obvious guess.
It has to be started from the Command line and in the appropriate directory. And of course, once that is known and working, one can make one's own icon for it.
# ./quartus/bin/quartus
I am thinking of upgrading to Windows 10 but I will need Quartus to work.
Just checked the Altera Forums and a post says it works. Wish me luck
I've been running Quartus 15.0.2 on Win10 for a few weeks now. No worries here.
I forget to mention..........
The only snag is that the USB-Blaster requires configuration errors resolved to get running properly and the Debian wiki isn't quite right. Use the ArchLinux wiki on the USB-Blaster and all will be good.
I actually considered Windows 10 for a wee bit of time, but after revisiting my Windows Vista and Windows 7 installations for some updating -- no thank you.
Red Hat/Fedora related Linux distributions might be a cleaner install that Debian related Linux distributions. Altera claims to support Red Hat.
++++
Sorry but there doesn't seem a simple way to install on Apple OSx.
For w10 I have a nice 1ong hosts file