Installation Requirements - 2025.1 English - UG1742

Vitis Release Notes and Installation Guide (UG1742)
Document ID
UG1742
Release Date
2025-07-08
Version
2025.1 English

The AMD Vitis™ Unified Software Platform consists of an integrated design environment (IDE) for interactive project development, and command-line tools for scripted or manual application development.

To install and run on a PC, your system must meet the following minimum requirements.

Table 1. Minimum System Requirements
Operating System Version Embedded Software and HLS Development Acceleration Development & Deployment 1 Tested Kernel Version 2
Windows 10 Pro and Enterprise 10.0 22H2 Supported    
Windows 11 Enterprise 11.0 23H2 Supported    
11.0 24H2 Supported    
Red Hat Enterprise Workstation/Server 8 8.10 Supported Supported 4.18.0-553
Red Hat Enterprise Workstation/Server 9 9.2 Supported Supported 5.14.0-284.11.1
9.3 Supported Supported 5.14.0-362.8.1
9.4 Supported Supported 5.14.0-427.13.1
9.5 Supported Supported 5.14.0-503
AlmaLinux 8 8.10 Supported Supported 4.18.0-553
AlmaLinux 9 9.4 Supported Supported 5.14.0-427.13.1
9.5 Supported Supported 5.14.0-503
Rocky Linux 8 8.10 Supported Supported 4.18.0-553
Ubuntu 22.04 22.04.2 LTS Supported Supported 5.15.0-67-generic
22.04.3 LTS Supported Supported 5.15.0-79-generic
22.04.4 LTS Supported Supported 5.15.0-119-generic
22.04.5 LTS Supported Supported 5.15.0-133-generic
Ubuntu 24.04 24.04 LTS Supported Supported 6.8.0-48-generic
24.04.1 LTS Supported Supported 6.8.0-54-generic
SUSE Enterprise Linux 15 SP4 Supported    
  1. Acceleration Development & Deployment includes AI Engine development, Vitis linking and packaging for Alveo and embedded devices, and Alveo deployment with XRT.
  2. Alveo deployment with XRT is sensitive to Linux kernel versions. The tested Linux kernel versions are provided for reference for Alveo deployment supported OS. All supported operating systems are tested with general access versions (GA). Ubuntu Hardware Enablement (HWE) is not supported. By default, HWE is disabled by Ubuntu Server versions and enabled by Desktop versions. Ubuntu Live Patch Service might apply kernel patches automatically. XRT is not tested against live patches.
  3. XRT can be used in the KVM virtualization environment as the guest with all the operating systems listed in the previous table.
Table 2. Minimum System Requirements (continued)
Requirements Embedded Software and HLS Development Acceleration Development
System Memory 32 GB (64 GB is recommended) 64 GB (80 GB is recommended)
Hard Disk Space 1 Vitis Embedded Development: 35GB

Full Vitis installation: 200GB

 Full Vitis installation: 200GB
Internet connection Not required Required for downloading examples and Vitis Libraries
  1. The hard disk space requirements can vary depending on the component and device selection during installation.

Operating System End-of-life Announcement

The following operating systems will not be supported in the next release of the Vitis Software Platform and XRT. Recommend upgrade to latest operating system as early as possible.

Table 3. Operating Systems with Support Ending after 2025.1
Operating System Version
Red Hat Enterprise Workstation/Server 9 9.2
9.3
Ubuntu 22.04 22.04.2 LTS