alterafpga/quartus-std repository overview

⁠Overview

This is a series of container images for Altera Quartus Prime Standard
All images provided are built on top of Ubuntu 24.04

Usage Examples:

• std: run the full compile flow for a design that is based on any supported device family
  docker pull alterafpga/quartus-std:25.1std

⁠Running using docker run

Any of the Quartus Prime Standard command-line executables can be used with the containers. Just add the executable name and its argument after the image name on the docker run command.

A few docker run arguments are required to run the images.

⁠Required (docker run options required by all flows)

• --net=host
  This is required by the Quartus licensing. The run will fail without it.
• --mount type=bind,source=<local path to Quartus design>,target=<path inside container>
  Design needs to be mounted inside the container. By default the Quartus images use /data as the target
• --env LM_LICENSE_FILE
  Your current environment must have LM_LICENSE_FILE defined pointing to your Quartus license

⁠Examples on how to run the containers

⁠Running a Tcl script using quartus_sh for a Cyclone V project

• To run a script called run.tcl located in /quartus/project1 with the arguments val1 val2 and using the alterafpga/quartus-std:25.1std-cyclonev image use:
  
• The container will default to / as the working directory. The full pathname to the Tcl script within the container, must be provided.
  

docker run \
    --net=host \
    --env LM_LICENSE_FILE \
    --mount type=bind,source=/quartus/project1,target=/data \
    alterafpga/quartus-std:25.1std-cyclonev \
    quartus_sh -t /data/run.tcl val1 val2

⁠Executing a full Quartus compile using quartus_sh and a .qsf file using Max10

• To run a project called top located in /quartus/project1 using the alterafpga/quartus-std:25.1std-max10 image use:
  
• The container will default to / as the working directory. The full pathname to the Quartus project (top.qsf) within the container, must be provided.
  

docker run \
    --net=host \
    --env LM_LICENSE_FILE \
    --mount type=bind,source=/quartus/project1,target=/data  \
    alterafpga/quartus-std:25.1std \
    quartus_sh --flow compile /data/top

⁠Getting additional information

You can refer to the official Quartus Prime Standard documentation at:

• Quartus Prime Documentation⁠

You can also use the help command for any Quartus executables

• To get the help message for quartus_sh use:

docker run \
    --net=host \
    --env LM_LICENSE_FILE \
    --mount type=bind,source=/quartus/project1,target=/data  \
    alterafpga/quartus-std:25.1std \
    quartus_sh -h