Quartus "export: 137 ... bad variable name" error

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When launching Quartus 10.0sp1 on ubuntu 32bit, i get the following error: 

 /opt/altera/10.0sp1/quartus/bin$ ./quartus export: 137: 2000.00: bad variable name  At first the quartus worked as it should but then this error started to appear, terminating some launches. Now i can barely run Quartus 1 out of 10 or more times. Even after reinstall.  As a side note. When i was able to run quartus, it always acted as on first run (shows intro splash, recent documents empty). I does however remember the location of my license file, even after reinstall.

[Altera_Forum]

my guess is a problem with dash. can you install bash and try: 

 /opt/altera/10.0sp1/quartus/bin$ bash quartus

[Altera_Forum]

try this it would be succesfull

[Altera_Forum]

But How thats the question

[Altera_Forum]

Thank you very much. 

Indeed, i'm able to run quartus while specifying that the bash has to be used.  Still, it segfaults when the gui has completely loaded.

[Altera_Forum]

have you tried searching the forum for Ubuntu? i recall similar reports but i'm not sure if they figured out what the problem was

[Altera_Forum]

Thank you for letting me know. I did some brute mass search and one seemingly unrelated advice worked: 

   --- Quote Start ---  I tried removing ~/.altera.quartus/ I also tried removing /tmp/mw_*  --- Quote End ---   (http://www.alteraforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6064)  Now the Quartus even remembers my recent documents. I just hope it stays that way.

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This should solve it: 

 http://www.alteraforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=26807

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[SOLVED]: Here is how I did it. 

 Assume I have my installer at "/media/data/Archives/Gadgets-Apps/de0-nano-fpga-kit/design-suite/autorun" in my Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit system.  First issue I faced: libz.so.1 not found. Run the following command to include the mentioned path to library path, which should fix this issue. # export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/media/data/Archives/Gadgets-Apps/de0-nano-fpga-kit/design-suite/autorun Second issue is the one this thread is talking about: " Quartus "export: 137 ... bad variable name" error"  It is because of dash as default shell than bash. The following commands should fix it in Ubuntu 14.04.  $ sudo update-alternatives --install /bin/sh sh /bin/bash 100 $ sudo update-alternatives --install /bin/sh sh /bin/dash 200 $ sudo update-alternatives --config sh  While the above command prompts for default shell, select bash as default one.  Then run the installer:# cd /media/data/Archives/Gadgets-Apps/de0-nano-fpga-kit/design-suite/autorun# ./autorun  This should get it done!