arduino_16550_uart not found when build project

Official Hardware MKR Family MKR Vidor 4000
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Hi,
I have seen this in other issues in github but I was not able to solve it with the suggestions proposed, also don't know I I have the same issue (I run the scripts in ubuntu 18.04 but tried with sudo if this was the case but nothing).

I'm trying to build the MKRVIDOR4000_graphics project like proposed in repository.

At first I run the the apply_patch.sh line by line to see if anything is broken. after install the dos2unix the only strange thing I see is the 0x013 problem and don't know what could be the problem:
dos2unix: Binary symbol 0x13 found at line 1
dos2unix: Skipping binary file arduino_16550_uart/top/altera_16550_uart.sv
dos2unix: Binary symbol 0x13 found at line 1
dos2unix: Skipping binary file arduino_16550_uart/top/altera_16550_uart.ocp

then go to the MKRVIDOR4000_graphics project and run the build_all.sh in nios command shell and get the error when building the qsys:
Error: MKRVIDOR4000_graphics_sys.nina_uart: Component arduino_16550_uart 18.1 not found or could not be instantiated

but the arduino_16550_uart and the pgm/arduino_generic_qspi_controller2 IP are located correctly in intelFPGA/18.1/IP/altera folder but the nios shell don't find the IPs and the files are there.

if I change the IP to instantiate the altera component instead of arduino cores it generates correctly but i guess this is not the solution since then it breaks compiling the rest of the design.

what could be wrong?.
any workaround?.

regards.

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The intel's core for 16550 uart is not free, it needs a license.
Same goes with Nios /f cpu softcore.
If you don't have a licenses installed, you should switch to "_lite" version of the project. The uart is disabled there entirely.

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Hello @VStrkh i think this is not the problem, i have license for Quartus... but thanks for the info, the lite version compiles but I would like to go for the full version since people says it runs worst or slower.