Environment: Setting Up the Shell Environment - Environment: Setting Up the Shell Environment - 2026.1 English

Environment: Setting Up the Shell Environment - Environment: Setting Up the Shell Environment - 2026.1 English - XD100

Vitis Tutorials: AI Engine Development (XD100)

Document ID

XD100

Release Date

2026-06-23

Version

2026.1 English

After installing the elements of the Vitis software platform, update the shell environment script. Set the environment variables to your system-specific paths.

Edit sample_env_setup.sh script with your file paths:

export PLATFORM_REPO_PATHS=<YOUR-PLATFORM-DIRECTORY>

source <XILNX-TOOLS-LOCATION>/Vitis/<TOOLS-BUILD>/settings64.sh

Then source the environment script:

source sample_env_setup.sh

Validation: Confirming Tool Installation

which vitis
which aiecompiler

Confirm that you have the VEK280 Production Base Platform.

platforminfo --list | grep -m 1 -A 9 vek280_es1_base

Output of the preceding command is as follows:

"baseName": "xilinx_vek280_es1_base_202520_1",
            "version": "1.0",
            "type": "sdsoc",
            "dataCenter": "false",
            "embedded": "true",
            "externalHost": "false",
            "serverManaged": "false",
            "platformState": "pre_synth",
            "usesPR": "false",