Imagine you’re a verification engineer moving between a lab desktop, a laptop, and a server. You want your tools to follow you. Here’s why direct downloads fail:
Instead of searching for a mythical portable download, search for:
sudo chmod +x questa_sim-2023.3-linux.run
./questa_sim-2023.3-linux.run --mode text
When asked for installation directory, choose:
/media/usb/mentor/questa_sim/2023.3
Do not install to /opt or /usr/local if you want portability.
Official sources (requires login):
If you cannot log in, many universities provide the QuestaSim-Intel FPGA Edition for free – look for the Linux portable tarball on their software portal.
Imagine you’re a verification engineer moving between a lab desktop, a laptop, and a server. You want your tools to follow you. Here’s why direct downloads fail:
Instead of searching for a mythical portable download, search for:
sudo chmod +x questa_sim-2023.3-linux.run
./questa_sim-2023.3-linux.run --mode text
When asked for installation directory, choose:
/media/usb/mentor/questa_sim/2023.3
Do not install to /opt or /usr/local if you want portability.
Official sources (requires login):
If you cannot log in, many universities provide the QuestaSim-Intel FPGA Edition for free – look for the Linux portable tarball on their software portal.
