Running ModelSim on Linux

ModelSim can be run from altera_install_path/altera_version/modelsim_ase/bin/vsim

If you get the error:

Fatal: Read failure in vlm process (0,0)

Download and compile freetype with version lower than 2.5. Follow "Problem number two" steps at:

http://mattaw.blogspot.com/2014/05/making-modelsim-altera-starter-edition.html

If you get the error:

Error: cannot find "bin/../linux_rh60/vsim"

Edit altera_install_path/altera_version/modelsim_ase/vco file following the steps at:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Altera_Design_Software#With_the_kernel_4.x_and_Upwards

If you get the error:

./../linux/vish: error while loading shared libraries: libXft.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Follow the steps at: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/31908525/modelsim-altera-error