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Install Modelsim in Ubuntu

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Updates (23/09/14): The steps given below are for 32-bit version of Ubuntu. To install Modelsim on 64 bit Ubuntu, please refer to this link. 

What is Modelsim?
  • Modelsim is a hardware simulation and debug environment primarily targeted at smaller ASIC and FPGA design (Ref)
How do I install it?
  • Download Modelsim Linux edition from here 
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  • Go to the download location of the .run file and type chmod +x ModelSimSetup-13.1.0.162.run
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  • Use the command ./ModelSimSetup-13.1.0.162.run install Modelsim
 How do I start Modelsim? 
  • Change your directory to 'Location_where_you_installed_Modelsim'/altera/13.1/modelsim_ase/linuxaloem 
  • Type ./vsim
 Verified on: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Comments

  1. UnknownApril 30, 2014 at 10:38 PM

    I get segmentation fault when I run the last line of code in terminal. How do I get around that?

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    1. gSeptember 26, 2018 at 12:52 AM

      Bro Its coming without any error

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    2. vineeshvsDecember 30, 2018 at 3:03 AM

      It's too late. But if you have the error messages, please post it here.

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    3. vadakkodanJanuary 29, 2019 at 3:12 AM

      Even I'm getting the same. Segmentation error. Ubuntu 18.04.

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    4. vadakkodanJanuary 29, 2019 at 4:10 AM

      https://gist.github.com/PrieureDeSion/e2c0945cc78006b00d4206846bdb7657
      this helped me to clear that. Even the link mentioned for 64 bit had some errors. Anyway thanks Buddy!!

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  2. Best Friend's 4 EverJune 6, 2014 at 6:03 PM

    I'm with the same problem. How I run Modelsim??

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  3. suneelJune 13, 2014 at 5:35 AM

    Can you please post how to install questasim in Ubuntu?

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  4. mattawJune 19, 2014 at 7:40 PM

    Here is an article I wrote on getting Modelsim running on 64 bit Ubuntu 14.04: http://mattaw.blogspot.com/2014/05/making-modelsim-altera-starter-edition.html

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  5. vineeshvsJuly 2, 2014 at 11:40 PM

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  6. vineeshvsJuly 2, 2014 at 11:57 PM

    Thanks a lot. It works now

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  7. UnknownApril 7, 2016 at 3:10 PM

    I am getting error when i run the last line of code in terminal. Please tell me the solution.

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  8. UnknownSeptember 30, 2016 at 10:39 AM

    https://sites.google.com/site/longphanwiki/basic-skills/modelsim-doesn-t-work-with-linux-kernel-3-x

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  9. saksheeJanuary 26, 2018 at 11:57 AM

    I am getting an error while running ./vsim it says " error while loading shared libraries: libXft.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory" .

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    1. vineeshvsDecember 30, 2018 at 3:02 AM

      If it's a 64-bit machine, please refer to http://mattaw.blogspot.com/2014/05/making-modelsim-altera-starter-edition.html

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  10. UnknownApril 19, 2018 at 2:26 PM

    when i run this command ./ModelSimSetup-13.1.0.162.run , the setup does not start ?? any help

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    1. vineeshvsDecember 30, 2018 at 3:02 AM

      What does it show? Is it giving some error, or just getting stuck?

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  11. UnknownOctober 16, 2018 at 3:39 AM

    while running ./vsim i am getting fatal error Read failure in vlm process(0,0) segmentation fault(core dumped)

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    1. vineeshvsDecember 30, 2018 at 3:01 AM

      Is it a 64-bit machine? If so, please refer to http://mattaw.blogspot.com/2014/05/making-modelsim-altera-starter-edition.html

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