Article ID: 000075072 Content Type: Troubleshooting Last Reviewed: 02/05/2013

Error: DLL ("altpll_avalon") not found child process exited abnormally

Environment

  • Quartus® II Subscription Edition
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    Description

    Due to a problem in the Quartus® II software version 12.0 SP2 and earlier, you may see this error, when generating your Qsys system containing an Avalon ALTPLL. This problem occurs when generating Qsys systems on 64-bit Linux platforms.

    Resolution

    You can use one of the following solutions to resolve this issue.

    1 . Generate your Qsys system using Quartus II Windows 32-bit Linux system or a PC.

    --Or--

    2. To use Quartus II Linux 64-bit software, take the following steps:

    ·        Locate the sopc_mwizc.tcl file at the following Quartus II installation directory path.          {rootdir}/12.1/ip/altera/sopc_builder_ip/altera_avalon_mega_common/sopc_mwizc.tcl

    ·        Around line 894, delete the following line:

    set cbx_cmd "clearbox device_family= CBX_FILE= -f "

    ·        Replace the above line with following code

    # construct the path to the 32-bit version of clearbox,

    # to match the presence of 32-bit shared libraries being

    # present in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

    set qrootdir $::env(QUARTUS_ROOTDIR)

    set os_platform $::tcl_platform(os)

    if { [string equal -nocase -length 3 "lin"] } {

    set bindir "linux"

    } else {

    set bindir "bin"

    }

    set cbx_cmd "//clearbox device_family= CBX_FILE= -f "

     

    ·         Close and re-start Quartus II (if already open). Try Qsys generation.

    This issue is fixed beginning with the Quartus II software version 12.1.

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