FPGA Operating System (OS) Support - Quartus® Prime Pro, Standard and Lite Edition Software and Additional Software. OS support information for Quartus Prime software, Questa-Altera® FPGA software, Nios V Embedded Design Suite, DSP Builder for FPGAs, and HLS Compiler. Design Pages {"title":"FPGA Operating System (OS) Support"} The three tables listed in this page contain the OS Support system requirements. Table 1. Current Version 26.1 OS Support for Altera® FPGA Pro Complete Design Suite Table 2. Release Notes and readme.txt Files for Altera® FPGA Pro Edition Software Table 3. OS Support for Altera® FPGA Pro Edition Software Versions Software Windows Linux OS Docker Container Windows* 11 Windows Server* 2022 Enterprise Windows Server* 2025 Enterprise Red Hat* Enterprise Linux* 9 Red Hat* Enterprise Linux* 9.4 Red Hat* Enterprise Linux* 9.6 SUSE* SLE 15.4 SUSE* SLE 15.5 SUSE* SLE 15.6 SUSE* SLE 15.7 Ubuntu* 20.04 LTS Ubuntu* 22.04 LTS Ubuntu* 24.04 LTS Quartus® Prime Pro Edition ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Questa*-Altera® FPGA Edition ✓ - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Questa*-Altera® FPGA Starter Edition ✓ - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - RiscFree* Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Altera® FPGAs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - DSP Builder for Altera® FPGAs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - Quartus® Prime Stand-Alone Programmer ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - Altera® Advanced Link Analyzer ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - - - - Altera® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - Altera® Simics Simulator for Altera FPGA [1] - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - Altera® oneAPI IP Authoring ✓ - - ✓ ✓ ✓ - ✓ - - ✓ ✓ - - Altera® FPGA AI Suite ✓ - - - ✓ - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Table 1. Current Version 26.1 OS Support for Altera® FPGA Pro Complete Design Suite Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software and Additional Software Notes: [1] Simics Simulator is only supported on Windows via WSL2. If native Linux machines are inaccessible, please use WSL2 when running the Simics Simulator binaries (including GUI). [2] For Altera® oneAPI IP Authoring, please continue to use 2025.0 version which supports up until Quartus 24.3. [3] Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8: 8.10 [4] Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9: 9.0 and 2 latest available major versions at the time of Quartus 25.3 release [5] For DSP Builder with non-Agilex device, please use DSPB 25.3.1 with Quartus 25.3. [6] For FPGA AI Suite user please use Quartus 25.3 for full support. Table A. Functionality No Longer Supported Functionality No Longer Supported Software Edition Stand-Alone Software Starting in Version Linux/windows Replaced by Additional Information 32-bit library Pro and Standard n/a 14.0 Linux and Windows 64-Bit Version 32-bit stand-alone programmer Standard n/a 18.2 Linux and Windows 64-Bit Version Red Hat* 5 Standard n/a 18.1 Linux Red Hat* 6 and Upwards Cygwin* Pro Nios II EDS 19.2 Windows Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) 2.1. Installing Windows* Subsystem for Linux* (WSL) on Windows* Cygwin* Standard Nios II EDS 19.1 Windows Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) 2.1. Installing Windows* Subsystem for Linux* (WSL) on Windows* Windows 7 Pro and Standard n/a 20.1 Windows Windows 10 For Windows users, you will need to download and install the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) for Windows Server as well as Windows 10. Altera® SoC FPGA Embedded Development Suite (SoC EDS) Pro and Standard Altera® SoC FPGA Embedded Development Suite (SoC EDS) 20.3 Linux and Windows Embedded Software and Tools for Altera® SoC FPGA ModelSim*-Altera® FPGA Starter Edition Pro and Standard Altera® FPGA Starter Edition Simulation Tool 21.3 Linux and Windows Questa*-Altera® FPGA Starter Edition Questa*-Altera® FPGA Edition Software Table B. Standalone Software with Additional Software Support Standalone Software Additional Software Support Supported Version User Guide Additional Information DSP Builder for Altera® FPGAs MathWorks* MATLAB* and MATLAB Simulink* toolbox *Require MATLAB license R2022b – R2024b MATLAB System Requirements Older version of Quartus OSes not supported due to newer version of glibc required by MATLAB. Recommend to use Quartus 24.3 if you plan to work with Arria®10, Stratix® 10 and Cyclone® 10 GX. Table C. Knowledge Articles KDB Topic Software Edition Version Found Linux/windows Design files with lengthy file paths might cause an internal error in the Windows version of the Quartus Prime Pro Edition software Pro 15.1 Linux and Windows D. Supported Windows Manager We have tested using GNOME Desktop Environment and MobaXTerm for remote desktop usage. Other tools may work but have not been tested. Version FPGA Software Download Center Release Notes Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Questa*-Altera® FPGA Edition ModelSim*-Altera® FPGA Edition Licensing step Release Notes Questa*-Altera® FPGA Edition ModelSim*-Altera® FPGA Edition 26.1 Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version 26.1 for Windows Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version 26.1 for Linux Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Version 26.1 Software and Device Support Release Notes (PDF) 26.1 - Altera® FPGA Software Installation and Licensing Questa*-Altera® FPGA Edition Version 2026.1 Release Notes 25.3.1 Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version 25.3.1 for Windows Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version 25.3.1 for Linux Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Version 25.3.1 Software and Device Support Release Notes (PDF) 25.3 - Altera® FPGA Software Installation and Licensing Questa*-Altera® FPGA Edition Version 2025.3 Release Notes 25.3 Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version 25.3 for Windows Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version 25.3 for Linux Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Version 25.3 Software and Device Support Release Notes (PDF) 25.3 - Altera® FPGA Software Installation and Licensing Questa*-Altera® FPGA Edition Version 2025.3 Release Notes 25.1.1 Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version 25.1.1 for Windows Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version 25.1.1 for Linux Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Version 25.1.1 Software and Device Support Release Notes (PDF) 25.1 - Altera® FPGA Software Installation and Licensing Questa*-Altera® FPGA Edition Version 2025.1 Release Notes 25.1 Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version 25.1 for Windows Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Design Software Version 25.1 for Linux Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Version 25.1 Software and Device Support Release Notes (PDF) 25.1 - Altera® FPGA Software Installation and Licensing Questa*-Altera® FPGA Edition Version 2025.1 Release Notes Access previous versions of Quartus® Prime Pro Software at our Download Center or browse the technical details in our Documentation Portal . Table 2. Release Notes and Licensing step for Altera® FPGA Pro Edition Software Table 3. OS Support for Altera® FPGA Pro Edition Software Versions Windows Processor 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit Version 11 10 8.1 7 26.1 ✓ × × × 25.3.1 ✓ ✓ × × 25.3 ✓ ✓ × × 25.1 ✓ ✓ × × 24.3.1 ✓ ✓ × × 24.3 ✓ ✓ × × 24.2 ✓ ✓ × × 24.1 ✓ ✓ × × 23.4 ✓ ✓ × × 23.3 ✓ ✓ × × 23.2 ✓ ✓ × × 23.1 ✓ ✓ × × 22.4 ✓ ✓ × × 22.3 ✓ ✓ × × 22.2 × ✓ × × 22.1 × ✓ × × 21.4 × ✓ × × 21.3 × ✓ × × 21.2 × ✓ × × 21.1 × ✓ × × 20.4 × ✓ × × 20.3 × ✓ × × 20.2 × ✓ × × 20.1 × ✓ × × 19.4 × ✓ × ✓ 19.3 × ✓ × ✓ 19.2 × ✓ ✓ ✓ 19.1 × ✓ ✓ ✓ 18.1 × ✓ ✓ ✓ 18.0 × ✓ ✓ ✓ Windows Server Processor 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit Version 2025 2022 2019 2016 2012 R2 2008 R2 26.1 ✓ ✓ ✓ × × × 25.3.1 × ✓ ✓ × × × 25.3 × ✓ ✓ × × × 25.1 × ✓ ✓ × × × 24.3.1 × ✓ ✓ × × × 24.3 × ✓ ✓ × × × 24.2 × ✓ ✓ × × × 24.1 × ✓ ✓ × × × 23.4 × × ✓ × × × 23.3 × × ✓ × × × 23.2 × × ✓ × × × 23.1 × × ✓ × × × 22.4 × × ✓ ✓ × × 22.3 × × ✓ ✓ × × 22.2 × × ✓ ✓ × × 22.1 × × ✓ ✓ × × 21.4 × × ✓ ✓ ✓ × 21.3 × × ✓ ✓ ✓ × 21.2 × × ✓ ✓ ✓ × 21.1 × × ✓ ✓ ✓ × 20.4 × × ✓ ✓ ✓ × 20.3 × × × ✓ ✓ × 20.2 × × × ✓ ✓ × 20.1 × × × ✓ ✓ × 19.4 × × × ✓ ✓ × 19.3 × × × ✓ ✓ × 19.2 × × × × ✓ ✓ 19.1 × × × × ✓ ✓ 18.1 × × × × ✓ ✓ 18.0 × × × × ✓ ✓ Red Hat* Enterprise Linux Processor 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit Version 9.6 9.4 9.3 9.2 9.1 9.0 8.7 8.6 8.4 8.2 7.7 7.5 7 6.9 6 26.1 ✓ ✓ × × × ✓ × × × × × × × × × 25.3 ✓ ✓ × × × ✓ × × × × × × × × × 25.3 ✓ ✓ × × × ✓ × × × × × × × × × 25.1 × × ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ × × × × × × × 24.3.1 × × × × ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ × × × × × × × 24.3 × × × × ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ × × × × × × × 24.2 × × × × ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ × × × × × × × 24.1 × × × × ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ × × × × × × × 23.4 × × × × ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ × × × × × × × 23.3 × × × × ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ × × × × × × × 23.2 × × × × × × ✓ ✓ ✓ × × × × × × 23.1 × × × × × × ✓ ✓ ✓ × × × × × × 22.4 × × × × × × × ✓ ✓ × × × × × × 22.3 × × × × × × × ✓ ✓ × × × × × × 22.2 × × × × × × × × × ✓ × × × × × 22.1 × × × × × × × × × ✓ × × × × × 21.4 × × × × × × × × × ✓ ✓ × × × × 21.3 × × × × × × × × × ✓ ✓ × × × × 21.2 × × × × × × × × × ✓ ✓ × × × × 21.1 × × × × × × × × × ✓ ✓ × × × × 20.4 × × × × × × × × × ✓ ✓ × × × × 20.3 × × × × × × × × × × × ✓ × ✓ × 20.2 × × × × × × × × × × × ✓ × ✓ × 20.1 × × × × × × × × × × × ✓ × ✓ × 19.4 × × × × × × × × × × × ✓ × ✓ × 19.3 × × × × × × × × × × × ✓ × ✓ × 19.2 × × × × × × × × × × × ✓ × ✓ × 19.1 × × × × × × × × × × × ✓ × ✓ × 18.1 × × × × × × × × × × × × ✓ × ✓ 18.0 × × × × × × × × × × × × ✓ × ✓ SUSE* SLE Processor 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit Version 15.5 15.4 15.6 15.7 15.3 15.2 12.1 12.5 11 26.1 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ × × × × × 25.3.1 ✓ ✓ × × × × × × × 25.3 ✓ ✓ × × × × × × × 25.1 ✓ ✓ × × × × × × × 24.3.1 × ✓ × × ✓ × × ✓ × 24.3 × ✓ × × ✓ × × ✓ × 24.2 × ✓ × × ✓ × × ✓ × 24.1 × ✓ × × ✓ ✓ × ✓ × 23.4 × × × × × ✓ × ✓ × 23.3 × × × × × ✓ × ✓ × 23.2 × × × × × ✓ × ✓ × 23.1 × × × × × ✓ × ✓ × 22.4 × × × × × ✓ × ✓ × 22.3 × × × × × ✓ × ✓ × 22.2 × × × × × ✓ × ✓ × 22.1 × × × × × ✓ × ✓ × 21.4 × × × × × ✓ × ✓ × 21.3 × × × × × ✓ × ✓ × 21.2 × × × × × ✓ × ✓ × 21.1 × × × × × ✓ × ✓ × 20.4 × × × × × ✓ × ✓ × 20.3 × × × × × × ✓ × × 20.2 × × × × × × ✓ × × 20.1 × × × × × × ✓ × × 19.4 × × × × × × ✓ × × 19.3 × × × × × × ✓ × × 19.2 × × × × × × ✓ × × 19.1 × × × × × × ✓ × × 18.1 × × × × × × × ✓ × 18.0 × × × × × × × ✓ × Ubuntu Processor 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit Version 24.04 22.04 20.04 18.04 16.04 14.04 26.1 ✓ ✓ ✓ × × × 25.3.1 ✓ ✓ ✓ × × × 25.3 ✓ ✓ ✓ × × × 25.1 ✓ ✓ ✓ × × × 24.3.1 × ✓ ✓ ✓ × × 24.3 × ✓ ✓ ✓ × × 24.2 × ✓ ✓ ✓ × × 24.1 × ✓ ✓ ✓ × × 23.4 × ✓ ✓ ✓ × × 23.3 × ✓ ✓ ✓ × × 23.2 × ✓ ✓ ✓ × × 23.1 × ✓ ✓ ✓ × × 22.4 × ✓ ✓ ✓ × × 22.3 × ✓ ✓ ✓ × × 22.2 × × ✓ ✓ × × 22.1 × × ✓ ✓ × × 21.4 × × ✓ ✓ ✓ × 21.3 × × ✓ ✓ ✓ × 21.2 × × ✓ ✓ ✓ × 21.1 × × ✓ ✓ ✓ × 20.4 × × ✓ ✓ ✓ × 20.3 × × × ✓ ✓ ✓ 20.2 × × × ✓ ✓ ✓ 20.1 × × × ✓ ✓ ✓ 19.4 × × × ✓ ✓ ✓ 19.3 × × × ✓ ✓ ✓ 19.2 × × × × ✓ ✓ 19.1 × × × × ✓ ✓ 18.1 × × × × ✓ ✓ 18.0 × × × × ✓ ✓ CentOS Processor 64bit 64bit Version 8.2 7.7 26.1 × × 25.3.1 × × 25.3 × × 25.1 × × 24.3.1 × × 24.3 × × 24.2 × × 24.1 × × 23.4 × × 23.3 × × 23.2 × × 23.1 × × 22.4 × × 22.3 × × 22.2 ✓ × 22.1 ✓ × 21.4 ✓ ✓ 21.3 ✓ ✓ 21.2 ✓ ✓ 21.1 ✓ ✓ 20.4 ✓ ✓ 20.3 × × 20.2 × × 20.1 × × 19.4 × × 19.3 × × 19.2 × × 19.1 × × 18.1 × × 18.0 × × Quartus® Prime Design Software - Support Center Quartus® Prime Pro and Standard Edition Software User Guides FPGA Licensing Support Center FPGA Software Download Center Quartus® Prime Software FPGA Device and Product Support Collections Related Links The three tables listed in this page contain the OS Support system requirements. Table 1. Current Version 24.1 OS Support for Altera® FPGA Standard Design Suite Table 2. Release Notes and readme.txt Files for Altera® FPGA Standard Edition Software Table 3. OS Support for Altera® FPGA Standard Edition Software Versions Software Windows* 10 Windows* 11 Windows Server* 2019 Enterprise Windows Server* 2022 Enterprise Red Hat* Enterprise Linux* 8.6 Red Hat* Enterprise Linux* 8.7 Red Hat* Enterprise Linux* 9.0 Red Hat* Enterprise Linux* 9.1 SUSE* SLE 12.5 SUSE* SLE 15.3 SUSE* SLE 15.4 Ubuntu* 18.04 LTS Ubuntu* 20.04 LTS Ubuntu* 22.04 LTS Quartus® Prime Standard Edition ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Questa* Altera® FPGA Edition ✓ - - - ✓ ✓ - - ✓ ✓ - - - - Questa* Altera® FPGA Starter Edition ✓ - - - ✓ ✓ - - ✓ ✓ - - - - Nios® II Embedded Design Suite (EDS) ✓ ✓ - - - - - - ✓ - - - - - RiscFree* Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Altera® FPGAs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Quartus® Prime Stand-Alone Programmer ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Altera® Advanced Link Analyzer ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - - - Table 1. Current Version 24.1 OS Support for Altera® FPGA Standard Design Suite Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Software and Additional Software Table A. Functionality No Longer Supported Functionality No Longer Supported Software Edition Stand-Alone Software Starting in Version Linux/windows Replaced by Additional Information 32-bit library Pro and Standard n/a 14.0 Linux and Windows 64-Bit Version 32-bit stand-alone programmer Standard n/a 18.2 Linux and Windows 64-Bit Version Red Hat* 5 Standard n/a 18.1 Linux Red Hat* 6 and Upwards Cygwin* Pro Nios II EDS 19.2 Windows Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) 2.1. Installing Windows* Subsystem for Linux* (WSL) on Windows* Cygwin* Standard Nios II EDS 19.1 Windows Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) 2.1. Installing Windows* Subsystem for Linux* (WSL) on Windows* Windows 7 Pro and Standard n/a 20.1 Windows Windows 10 For Windows users, you will need to download and install the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) for Windows Server as well as Windows 10. Altera® SoC FPGA Embedded Development Suite (SoC EDS) Pro and Standard Altera® SoC FPGA Embedded Development Suite (SoC EDS) 20.3 Linux and Windows Embedded Software and Tools for Altera® SoC FPGA ModelSim*-Altera® FPGA Starter Edition Pro and Standard Altera® FPGA Starter Edition Simulation Tool 21.3 Linux and Windows Questa*-Altera® FPGA Starter Edition Questa*-Altera® FPGA Edition Software Table B. Functionality With Additional Support Functionality with additional support Software Edition Stand-Alone Software Linux/windows User Guide Table C. Knowledge Articles KDB Topic Software Edition Version Found Linux/windows Design files with lengthy file paths might cause an internal error in the Windows version of the Quartus Prime Pro Edition software Pro 15.1 Linux and Windows D. Supported Windows Manager We have tested using GNOME Desktop Environment and MobaXTerm for remote desktop usage. Other tools may work but have not been tested. Version FPGA Software Download Center Readme Quartus® Standard Edition Release Notes Quartus® Standard Edition Readme Questa*-Altera® FPGA Edition ModelSim*-Altera® FPGA Edition Release Notes Questa*-Altera® FPGA Edition ModelSim*-Altera® FPGA Edition 24.1 Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Design Software Version 24.1 for Windows Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Design Software Version 24.1 for Linux Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Version 24.1 readme.txt Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Version 24.1 Release Notes Questa*-Altera® FPGA Edition Version 2024.3 readme.txt Questa*-Altera® FPGA Edition Version 2024.3 Release Notes 23.1 Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Design Software Version 23.1 for Windows Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Design Software Version 23.1 for Linux Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Version 23.1 readme.txt Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Version 23.1 Release Notes Questa*-Altera® FPGA Edition Version 2023.3 readme.txt Questa*-Altera® FPGA Edition Version 2023.3 Release Notes 22.1 Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Design Software Version 22.1 for Windows Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Design Software Version 22.1 for Linux Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Version 22.1 readme.txt Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Version 22.1 Release Notes Questa*-Altera® FPGA Edition Version 2021.2 readme.txt Questa*-Altera® FPGA Edition Version 2022.1 Release Notes Access previous versions of Quartus® Prime Standard Software at our Download Center or browse the technical details in our Documentation Portal . Table 2. Release Notes and readme.txt Files for Altera® FPGA Standard Edition Software Note: Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Software Readme and Release Notes are applied to Quartus® Prime Lite Edition Software. Table 3. OS Support for Altera® FPGA Standard Edition Software Versions Windows Processor 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit Version 11 10 8.1 7 24.1 ✓ ✓ × × 23.1 ✓ ✓ × × 22.1 ✓ ✓ × × 21.1 × ✓ × × 20.1 × ✓ × × 19.1 × ✓ ✓ ✓ 18.1 × ✓ ✓ ✓ 18.0 × ✓ ✓ ✓ Windows Server Processor 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit Version 2022 2019 2016 2012 R2 2008 R2 24.1 ✓ ✓ × × × 23.1 × ✓ × × × 22.1 × ✓ ✓ × × 21.1 × ✓ ✓ ✓ × 20.1 × × ✓ ✓ × 19.1 × × × ✓ ✓ 18.1 × × × ✓ ✓ 18.0 × × × ✓ ✓ Red Hat* Enterprise Linux Processor 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit Version 9.1 9.0 8.7 8.6 8.4 8.2 7.7 7.5 7 6.9 6 24.1 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ × × × × × × × 23.1 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ × × × × × × × 22.1 × × × ✓ ✓ × × × × × × 21.1 × × × × × ✓ ✓ × × × × 20.1 × × × × × × × ✓ × ✓ × 19.1 × × × × × × × ✓ × ✓ × 18.1 × × × × × × × × ✓ × ✓ 18.0 × × × × × × × × ✓ × ✓ SUSE* SLE Processor 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit Version 15.4 15.3 12.1 12 11 24.1 ✓ ✓ × ✓ × 23.1 × ✓ × ✓ × 22.1 × ✓ × ✓ × 21.1 × ✓ × ✓ × 20.1 × × ✓ × ✓ 19.1 × × ✓ × × 18.1 × × × ✓ × 18.0 × × × ✓ × Ubuntu Processor 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit Version 22.04 20.04 18.04 16.04 14.04 24.1 ✓ ✓ ✓ × × 23.1 ✓ ✓ ✓ × × 22.1 ✓ ✓ ✓ × × 21.1 × ✓ ✓ ✓ × 20.1 × × ✓ ✓ ✓ 19.1 × × × ✓ ✓ 18.1 × × × ✓ ✓ 18.0 × × × ✓ ✓ CentOS Processor 64bit 64bit Version 8.2 7.7 24.1 × × 23.1 × × 22.1 × × 21.1 ✓ ✓ 20.1 × × 19.1 × × 18.1 × × 18.0 × × Quartus® Prime Design Software - Support Center Quartus® Prime Pro and Standard Edition Software User Guides FPGA Licensing Support Center FPGA Software Download Center Quartus® Prime Software FPGA Device and Product Support Collections Related Links The three tables listed in this page contain the OS Support system requirements. Table 1. Current Version 24.1 OS Support for Altera® FPGA Lite Design Suite Table 2. Release Notes and readme.txt Files for Altera® FPGA Lite Edition Software Table 3. OS Support for Altera® FPGA Lite Edition Software Versions Software Windows* 10 Windows* 11 Windows Server* 2019 Enterprise Windows Server* 2022 Enterprise Red Hat* Enterprise Linux* 8.6 Red Hat* Enterprise Linux* 8.7 Red Hat* Enterprise Linux* 9.0 Red Hat* Enterprise Linux* 9.1 SUSE* SLE 12.5 SUSE* SLE 15.3 SUSE* SLE 15.4 Ubuntu* 18.04 LTS Ubuntu* 20.04 LTS Ubuntu* 22.04 LTS Quartus® Prime Lite Edition ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Questa*-Altera® FPGA Starter Edition ✓ - - - ✓ ✓ - - ✓ ✓ - - - - Nios® II Embedded Design Suite (EDS) ✓ ✓ - - - - - - ✓ - - - - - RiscFree* Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Altera® FPGA ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Quartus® Prime Stand-Alone Programmer ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Table 1. Current Version 24.1 OS Support for Altera® FPGA Lite Design Suite Quartus® Prime Lite Edition Software and Additional Software Table 2. Release Notes and readme.txt Files for Altera® FPGA Lite Edition Software Note: Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Software Readme and Release Notes are applied to Quartus® Prime Lite Edition Software. Version FPGA Software Download Center Readme Quartus® Lite Edition Release Notes Quartus® Lite Edition Readme Questa*-Altera® FPGA Edition ModelSim*-Altera® FPGA Edition Release Notes Questa*-Altera® FPGA Edition ModelSim*-Altera® FPGA Edition 24.1 Quartus® Prime Lite Edition Design Software Version 24.1 for Windows Quartus® Prime Lite Edition Design Software Version 24.1 for Linux Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Version 24.1 readme.txt Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Version 24.1 Release Notes Questa*-Altera® FPGA Edition Version 2024.3 readme.txt Questa*-Altera® FPGA Edition Version 2024.3 Release Notes 23.1 Quartus® Prime Lite Edition Design Software Version 23.1 for Windows Quartus® Prime Lite Edition Design Software Version 23.1 for Linux Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Version 23.1 readme.txt Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Version 23.1 Release Notes Questa*-Altera® FPGA Edition Version 2023.3 readme.txt Questa*-Altera® FPGA Edition Version 2023.3 Release Notes 22.1 Quartus® Prime Lite Edition Design Software Version 22.1 for Windows Quartus® Prime Lite Edition Design Software Version 22.1 for Linux Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Version 22.1 readme.txt Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Version 22.1 Release Notes Questa*-Altera® FPGA Edition Version 2021.2 readme.txt Questa*-Altera® FPGA Edition Version 2022.1 Release Notes Access previous versions of Quartus® Prime Lite Software at our Download Center or browse the technical details in our Documentation Portal . Table 3. OS Support for Altera® FPGA Lite Edition Software Versions Windows Windows* Processor 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit Version 11 10 8.1 7 24.1 ✓ ✓ × × 23.1 ✓ ✓ × × 22.1 ✓ ✓ × × 21.1 × ✓ × × 20.1 × ✓ × ✓ 19.1 × ✓ ✓ ✓ 18.1 × ✓ ✓ ✓ 18.0 × ✓ ✓ ✓ Windows Server Windows Server* Processor 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit Version 2022 2019 2016 2012 R2 2008 R2 24.1 ✓ ✓ × × × 23.1 × ✓ × × × 22.1 × ✓ ✓ × × 21.1 × ✓ ✓ ✓ × 20.1 × × ✓ ✓ × 19.1 × × × ✓ ✓ 18.1 × × × ✓ ✓ 18.0 × × × ✓ ✓ Red Hat* Enterprise Linux Red Hat* Enterprise Linux Processor 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit Version 9.1 9.0 8.7 8.6 8.4 8.2 7.7 7.5 7 6.9 6 24.1 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ × × × × × × × 23.1 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ × × × × × × × 22.1 × × × ✓ ✓ × × × × × × 21.1 × × × × × ✓ ✓ × × × × 20.1 × × × × × × × ✓ × ✓ × 19.1 × × × × × × × ✓ × ✓ × 18.1 × × × × × × × × ✓ × ✓ 18.0 × × × × × × × × ✓ × ✓ SUSE* SLE SUSE* SLE Processor 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit Version 15.4 15.3 12.1 12 11 24.1 ✓ ✓ × ✓ × 23.1 × ✓ × ✓ × 22.1 × ✓ × ✓ × 21.1 × ✓ × ✓ × 20.1 × × ✓ × × 19.1 × × ✓ × × 18.1 × × × ✓ × 18.0 × × × ✓ × Ubuntu Ubuntu* Processor 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit Version 22.04 20.04 18.04 16.04 14.04 24.1 ✓ ✓ ✓ × × 23.1 ✓ ✓ ✓ × × 22.1 ✓ ✓ ✓ × × 21.1 × ✓ ✓ ✓ × 20.1 × × ✓ ✓ ✓ 19.1 × × × ✓ ✓ 18.1 × × × ✓ ✓ 18.0 × × × ✓ ✓ CentOS CentOS Processor 64bit 64bit Version 8.2 7.7 24.1 × × 23.1 × × 22.1 × × 21.1 ✓ ✓ 20.1 × × 19.1 × × 18.1 × × 18.0 × × Quartus® Prime Design Software - Support Center Quartus® Prime Pro and Standard Edition Software User Guides FPGA Licensing Support Center FPGA Software Download Center Quartus® Prime Software FPGA Device and Product Support Collections Related Links - 2026-04-12