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You can also specify the location of a license file from outside of the Quartus^® II software.

To specify the license file in Windows NT or Windows 2000:

1. If necessary, obtain a valid license file from the Licensing section of the Altera^® web site at http://www.altera.com. Read This First

2. Choose Settings (Windows Start menu), and then choose Control Panel (Settings menu).

3. Double-click the System icon in the Control Panel window.

4. In the System Properties dialog box, click the Environment tab.

5. In the Variable box, type LM_LICENSE_FILE.

6. In the Value box, type <disk drive>:\flexlm\license.dat.

   or

   In the Value box, type <port>@<host>, where <host> is the name of the server and <port> is the port listed in the license.dat file.

7. Click OK. More Details

To specify the license file in Windows 98:

1. If necessary, obtain a valid license file from the Licensing section of the Altera web site at http://www.altera.com. Read This First

2. With a text editor, open the PC's autoexec.bat file.

3. Type the following environment variable on a separate line in the autoexec.bat file:

set LM_LICENSE_FILE=c:\flexlm\license.dat

or

set LM_LICENSE_FILE=<port>@<host>


where <host> is the name of the server and <port> is the port listed in the license.dat file.

4. Click OK. More Details

5. Save the autoexec.bat file.

6. Restart the PC.

To specify the license file on client UNIX and Linux workstations:

1. If necessary, obtain a valid license file from the Licensing section of the Altera web site at http://www.altera.com. Read This First

2. Update the LM_LICENSE_FILE variable that is specified in the .cshrc file located in each user's home directory. You must edit this file for each user, or provide clear instructions that describe which lines the user needs to enter or edit:

   Make sure that each user has an LM_LICENSE_FILE variable that is set to the full directory path name of the license.dat file. To update this variable, add the following line to the .cshrc file for each user: setenv LM_LICENSE_FILE /usr/local/flexlm/licenses/license.dat More Details or

   If you want to specify the name of the server on which the license file is stored, add the following line to the .cshrc file for each user: setenv LM_LICENSE_FILE=<port>@<host> where <host> is the name of the server and <port> is the port listed in the license.dat file. More Details

3. After saving the changes to each user´s .cshrc file, type the following commands at the command prompt:

   cd
   source .cshrc

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