Virtual machine image¶

This wiki page documents the steps taken to build the virtual machine image

Create VM (done using VirtualBox 4.3.26)

2 cores
4GB RAM
80GB HD
32MB video RAM

Install Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit on VM
apply updates
run virtualbox guest additions installer

install vim
sudo apt-get install vim-gtk

install build tools
sudo apt-get install build-essential libtool rpm

install 32 bit libraries
sudo apt-get install lib32z1 lib32ncurses5 lib32bz2-1.0 lib32gcc1 lib32stdc++6

install NFS server
sudo apt-get install nfs-kernel-server

install ssh
sudo apt-get install openssh-server

set the default shell back to bash
sudo dpkg-reconfigure -plow dash (and answer "NO")

install source control apps
sudo apt-get install subversion git

download and install Quartus-14.1 into /home/user/altera/14.1
download and install SocEDS-14.1 into /home/user/altera/14.1
download and install DS-5 (from SoCEDS) into /home/user/altera/14.1/embedded/ds-5