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docker pull siemens/questa:latest # hypothetical docker save -o questa.tar siemens/questa # transfer questa.tar to another machine docker load -i questa.tar

If the text inside the QuestaSim GUI looks unreadable or boxes appear instead of letters, install the standard font packages on your host machine: download questasim for linux portable

QuestaSim does not offer an official "portable" version (like a single-file executable) for Linux. However, it can be made portable by or by using containerization like Docker to avoid dependency conflicts across different distributions. Portability & Installation Review Troubleshooting Common Issues 1

# Modify the last line of launch_questa.sh to remove 'vsim "$@"' to use it as a source script source /path/to/QuestaSim_Portable/launch_questa.sh vlog my_design.v vsim -c -do "run -all" my_testbench Use code with caution. Troubleshooting Common Issues 1. "No such file or directory" error when launching vsim This is the most portable option

In a floating license setup, a central license server manages a pool of licenses. Client computers "check out" a license when they run QuestaSim and "check it back in" when they're done. This is the most portable option. The configuration is exactly as shown in the script above: you simply point the LM_LICENSE_FILE variable to a network-accessible server. This requires no manual license file management, but it does demand a stable network connection.

Save your license.dat file directly inside your portable directory and add export LM_LICENSE_FILE="$SCRIPT_DIR/license.dat" to your launch_questa.sh script.