Intel® Advisor User Guide

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Setting and Using Intel® Advisor Environment Variables

Intel® Advisor
:
  • Provides the
    ADVISOR_<version>_DIR
     environment variable that you can use to specify additional include directories when compiling, so the compiler can find the
    Intel® Advisor
     include file that defines annotations.
    <version>
     is the Advisor year version (for example,
    2019
     for
    Intel® Advisor
     2019
    or
    2021
     for
    Intel® Advisor Beta
    ).
    To specify the environment variable:
    • On Windows* OS
       define the environment variable when you use the predefined command prompt or execute the environment script file.
    • On Linux* OS and MacOS*
       define the environment variable by using an
      export
      command.
  • Tests the
    ADVIXE_EXPERIMENTAL
     environment variable to determine whether evaluation features have been activated.
  • With C++ parallel
    Intel® Threading Building Blocks (Intel® TBB)
    programs, the
    TBBROOT
     environment variable must be defined, so your compiler can locate the installed
    Intel TBB
    include directory. See the help topic Defining the TBBROOT Environment Variable.
  • On Linux* OS and MacOS*
    Intel® Advisor
     uses the
    BROWSER
     environment variable on Linux* systems to locate an installed HTML browser. This enables the display of Getting Started Tutorials or Help from the
    Intel® Advisor
     GUI
    Help
    menu.
  • On Linux* OS and MacOS*
    , in addition to the
    File > Option> Editor
     settings, you can use the
    VISUAL
     or
    EDITOR
     environment variable to specify the external editor to launch when you double-click a line in a
    Source
     window. (
    VISUAL
     takes precedence over
    EDITOR
    ). For example, to set the
    VISUAL
     environment variable, use an
    export
     command:
    export VISUAL="/usr/bin/vi -n"
To view and set the
ADVISOR_<version>_DIR
 environment variable:
Setting Environment Variables
In the instructions below, be sure to replace any values in brackets, such as
<version>
 or
<install-dir>
. The default installation path for the application,
<install-dir>
, can be found inside the following:
  • For Linux* OS and macOS*,
    <install-dir>
     is inside:
    • /opt/intel/
       or
      /opt/intel/oneapi/
       (
      Intel® Advisor Beta
      ) for root users
    • $HOME/intel/
       or
      $HOME/intel/oneapi/
       (
      Intel® Advisor Beta
      ) for non-root users
    For example,
    <install-dir>
     may be
    /opt/intel/advisor_2019
     for
    Intel Advisor
     2019
    or
    /opt/intel/oneapi
    /advisor/<version>
     for
    Intel® Advisor Beta
    .
  • For Windows* OS,
    <install-dir>
     is inside:
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\IntelSWTools\
       for
      Intel Advisor
      .
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\oneAPI\
       for
      Intel® Advisor Beta
      .
    For 32-bit systems, the
    Program files (x86)
     folder is
    Program files
    .
    For example,
    <install-dir>
     may be
    C:\Program Files (x86)\IntelSWTools\
    Advisor 2019
     for
    Intel® Advisor
     2019
    or
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\oneAPI\
    advisor\<version>
     for
    Intel® Advisor Beta
    .
On Linux* OS / MacOS* Manually
  1. View the current definition of the environment variable. For example, with the
    bash
     shell, type:
    env | grep ADVISOR_<version>_DIR
  2. Use an
    export
     command to set the environment variable. Type:
    export ADVISOR_<version>_DIR="<install-dir>"
    For example:
    export ADVISOR_2019_DIR="/opt/intel/advisor_2019"
     for
    Intel Advisor
     2019
    or
    export
    ADVISOR_2021_DIR
    ="
    /opt/intel/oneapi
    /advisor/<version>"
     for
    Intel® Advisor Beta
  3. To always set this variable on the current system, add this definition to your
    .login
     or similar shell initialization file.
  4. To test the definition of an environment variable, type
    an
    export
     command.
On Linux* OS / MacOS* via Script
Run the shell script, as follows:
  • For
    Intel Advisor
    :
    source <install-dir>/advixe-vars.sh
     or
    source <install-dir>/advixe-vars.csh
  • For
    Intel® Advisor Beta
    :
    source <install-dir>/
    env/vars
    .sh
On Windows* OS Manually
  1. Open a command line window.
  2. View the current definition of the environment variable. For example, type:
    set ADVISOR_<version>_DIR
  3. Use a
    set
     command to set the environment variable. Type:
    set ADVISOR_<version>_DIR="<install-dir>"
    For example:
    set ADVISOR_2019_DIR="C:\Program files (x86)\IntelSWTools\Advisor 2019"
    or
    set
    ADVISOR_2021_DIR
    ="
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\oneAPI\
    advisor\<version>"
     (for
    Intel® Advisor Beta
    )
  4. To always set this variable on the current system, add this definition to your system or user environment variables using
    Control Panel
    System and Security
    System
    Advanced system settings
    Environment Variables...
    .
On Windows* OS via Script
Run the batch script, as follows:
  • <install-dir>/advixe-vars.bat
  • <install-dir>/env/vars.bat
     (for
    Intel® Advisor Beta
    )

Product and Performance Information

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