Setting Up the Environment to Run the Vitis Software Platform - Setting Up the Environment to Run the Vitis Software Platform - 2025.2 English - UG1742

Vitis Release Notes and Installation Guide (UG1742)
Document ID
UG1742
Release Date
2025-11-20
Version
2025.2 English

Accelerated Software Development

To configure the environment to run the Vitis unified software platform for Alveo, execute the following scripts in the command shell.

#set up XILINX_VITIS and XILINX_VIVADO variables 
source <Vitis_install_path>/2025.2/Vitis/settings64.sh
#set up XILINX_XRT 
source /opt/xilinx/xrt/setup.sh

To configure the environment for the accelerated flow, run the following scripts in the command shell you need to run the tools on:

#set up XILINX_VITIS and XILINX_VIVADO variables 
source <Vitis_install_path>/2025.2/Vitis/settings64.sh
Tip: .csh scripts are also provided.

The steps above sets up the tools for the following flows.

  • The Vitis application acceleration development flow.
  • The Vitis embedded software development flow.
  • The AI Engine tools for development on Versal adaptive SoC AI Engine devices.
To use any platforms you downloaded in Installing Xilinx Runtime and Platforms in the Embedded Design Development Using Vitis (UG1701) , run the following command:
export PLATFORM_REPO_PATHS=<path to platforms>

This identifies the location of platform files for the tools, and makes them accessible to your design projects.

Embedded Software Development

To configure the environment for the embedded software development, run the following script in a command shell where the tools are used. 

 #setup XILINX_VITIS and XILINX_VIVADO variables 
source <Vitis_install_path>/2025.2/Vitis/settings64.sh
Tip: .csh scripts are also provided.

This sets up the tools for the Vitis embedded software development flow.

To run Vitis, type vitis and press enter in the Console.

If you created a shortcut on your desktop, you can also double-click the shortcut to launch Vitis unified IDE.

Windows

To launch the Vitis software platform from Windows, do one of the following and then type vitis to start the program.

  • Launch from a desktop button or Start menu command.
  • From a Windows command shell, use settings64.bat.
    C:> <VITIS_INSTALL_DIR>\2025.2\VITIS\settings64.bat