Why does Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Installer for software version 25.3 install an older version of Ashling* RiscFree* IDE for Altera® (version dated 31st Jan 2025)? - Why does Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Installer for software version 25.3 install an older version of Ashling* RiscFree* IDE for Altera® (version dated 31st Jan 2025)? Description Due to a problem in the Quartus ® Prime Pro Edition Installer for software version 25.3, it installs an older version of Ashling* RiscFree* IDE for Altera ® software. For example: Quartus ® Prime Pro Edition software version 25.1 is paired with Ashling* RiscFree* IDE for Altera ® v25.1.1 (dated as 31 st Jan 2025). Quartus ® Prime Pro Edition software version 25.1.1 is paired with Ashling* RiscFree* IDE for Altera ® v25.2.1 (dated as 9 th May 2025). However, Quartus ® Prime Pro Edition software version 25.3 is paired with Ashling* RiscFree* IDE for Altera ® v25.1.1 (dated as 31 st Jan 2025). Thus, an older Ashling* RiscFree* IDE for Altera software is installed. This is because the installer is incorrectly packaged with the older software. Resolution To work around this problem in the Quartus ® Prime Pro Edition software version 25.3, please download the Ashling* RiscFree* IDE for Altera ® v25.2.1 (dated as 9 th May 2025) separately from the Quartus ® Prime Pro Edition Installer for software version 25.1.1. And use it with the Quartus ® Prime Pro Edition software version 25.3 for your project. You may follow these steps: Go to the Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Installer for software version 25.1.1 download link. Select the appropriate Operating System . Download the Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Installer. Launch the installation. Select the following files to install: Add-ons and Standalone Software > Ashling* RiscFree* IDE for Altera Add-ons and Standalone Software > Quartus ® Prime Pro Edition Programmer and Tools Custom Fields values: Troubleshooting 18043318836 ['FPGA Dev Tools Quartus® Prime Software Pro'] 25.3.1 25.3 ['Agilex™ 3 FPGAs and SoCs', 'Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs', 'Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs', 'Arria® 10 FPGAs and SoCs', 'Cyclone® 10 GX FPGA', 'Stratix® 10 FPGAs and SoCs']