Set Up the Simulation Environment
You must add directories containing the Intel® Quartus® Prime and Questa* simulation software binaries to your
PATH
environment variable.
Commands listed in this topic assume that you have installed the Questa* simulation software alongside the FPGA add-on package, as mentioned in the
Simulation Prerequisites. If you installed the Questa* simulation software elsewhere, you must modify the
PATH
environment variable appropriately.
For Intel® Quartus® Prime Software (Simulation flow only)
For the FPGA simulation flow only, you must explicitly add the Intel® Quartus® Prime software binary directory to your
PATH
environment variable using the following command:
$ export PATH=$PATH:<quartus_installdir>/quartus/bin
For Questa*-Intel® FPGA Starter Edition Software
For the free Questa*-Intel® FPGA Starter Edition software, run the following command:
$ export PATH=$PATH:<quartus_installdir>/questa_fse/bin
For Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition Software
For the licensed Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition software, run the following command:
$ export PATH=$PATH:<quartus_installdir>/questa_fe/bin
You should now be able to successfully compile for simulation.