Starting from Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software version 21.1 to 21.4, you will see the following error message when trying to launch the Nios® II BSP Editor from the Nios® II Software Build Tools (SBT) for Eclipse.
This happens when launching the Nios® II Software Build Tools (SBT) for Eclipse from the Windows menu or from the '<Quartus Install Version>/nios2eds' directory.
'Nios II BSP Editor (issue_bsp)' has encountered a problem.
Error Executing 'qsys-edit.exe settings.bsp', unexpected
return code 1.
Error message:
'qsys-edit.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external
command,
operable program or batch file.
To overcome the issue, choose one of the following options:
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Run the Nios® II BSP Editor by entering the nios2-bsp-editor command from the Nios® II Command Shell.
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Run the Nios® II BSP Editor by launching the Nios® II Software Build Tools (SBT) for Eclipse from the Quartus Tools menu.
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Tools > Nios® II Software Build In Tools for Eclipse
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Run the Nios® II BSP Editor by launching the Nios® II Software Build Tools (SBT) for Eclipse from the Nios® II Command Shell.
This problem appears to be caused by the environment setup of the eclipse-nios2 executable.