Installing the Intel® Visual Fortran Compiler 10.1 for GEMPACK

[Last updated: 23th March 2009]

Please print out and read this section before beginning the installation procedure. This procedure is for

• installing Intel Visual Fortran 10.1 for IA-32 [1] applications with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Premier Partner Edition [3] under Windows XP or Windows Vista, or,
• installing Intel Visual Fortran 10.1 for Intel(R) 64 [2] (sometimes referred to as EM64T) applications Windows XP x64 or Windows Vista 64-bit.

Installation check list

For the installation you should have the following:

• The Intel Visual Fortran install executable from Intel:
  w_fc_p_10.1.xxx.exe (approx. 300 MB)
  which you either downloaded or have on CD.
  ["xxx" is the subversion number - for example "014" which means version 10.1.014.]
• Your Intel Fortran licence file or serial number.
• The Intel Visual Fortran for Windows Installation Guide.
• (Recommended for XP installations.)
  (Required for Vista installations.)
  Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005 Team Suite Service Pack 1
  VS80sp1-KB926601-X86-ENU.exe (approx. 432 MB)
  
• (Required for Vista installations only.)
  Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update for Windows Vista
  VS80sp1-KB932232-X86-ENU.exe (approx. 29 MB)
  

Your installation procedure will depend on your version of Windows and choice of Intel Fortran compiler. The installation steps given in the next section clearly indicate the appropriate choices for each combination.

Installation steps

The installation procedure we describe here is straight forward and varies only slightly from the defaults suggested by the Intel install program.

1. Start the install by running the w_fc_p_10.1.xxx.exe install program.
2. Click through the installation procedure accepting the default settings until you reach the "Setup Type" dialogue where the choice you are presented with is Complete or Custom. Select Custom and click Next.
3. On the following "Choose Destination Location" dialogue click Next.
4. For 32-bit installations complete step 4a, for 64-bit installations complete step 4b.
5. 1. 32-bit Installations. On the "Select Features" dialogue alter the default selections as follows. Expand the item "Intel(R) Visual Fortran Compiler" by clicking on the adjacent + symbol, and clear the box beside "Compile applications for Intel(R) 64". Also clear the box adjacent to "Intel(R) Debugger". Your selection should look like Figure 1. Go to step 5.
      

      

      Figure 1: Component selection for Intel Fortran targeting IA-32

   2. 64-bit Installations. On the "Select Features" dialogue alter the default selections as follows. Expand the item "Intel(R) Visual Fortran Compiler" by clicking on the adjacent + symbol, and clear the box beside "Compile applications for IA-32". Also clear the box adjacent to "Intel(R) Debugger". Your selection should look like Figure 2. Go to step 5.
      

      

      Figure 2: Component selection for Intel Fortran targeting Intel® 64

6. Confirm your selections and click Next.
7. At the "Ready to Install" dialogue, click Install.
8. A sequence of dialogues now follows. You will need to accept the MSVSPPE licence agreement, click through the subsequent dialogues accepting the defaults. If the install program detects that your Windows installation does not already have "Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0" installed you will be prompted through the .NET installation. Several progress dialogues follow indicating that the Intel Fortran compiler components are being installed.<\li>
9. Vista installations only. [Go on to point 9 if not using Vista.] If you are installing under Vista you will see during the installation step installing "Integrations in Microsoft Visual Studio" the warning message in Figure 3 below

   

   Figure 3: Vista installation warning message

   Click Run program and complete the installation. This issue will be taken care of by installing the two service packs that you have already downloaded in the subsequent steps.
10. Eventually you will see "Installation Complete". Click Finish.
11. Installation of the Visual Studio service pack is compulsory for installations on Windows Vista, and is recommended for Windows XP. To install this service pack, run the install program
    VS80sp1-KB926601-X86-ENU.exe
    which is your downloaded copy of Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005 Team Suite Service Pack 1.
    The service pack is quite large and may take a few minutes to install.
12. Vista installations only. Installation of a second Visual Studio service pack is compulsory on Windows Vista. [Skip this step if you are installing on Windows XP.] To install this service pack on Vista, run the installation file
    VS80sp1-KB932232-X86-ENU.exe
    which is your downloaded copy of Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update for Windows Vista.
13. Complete the next section to edit the System Path variable.
    

Editing the System PATH environment variable

This section gives detailed instructions for editing the Windows system path variable. You must complete this section in order for Release 10 Source-code GEMPACK to work with Intel Visual Fortran 10.1.

Open the System Properties dialogue as follows:

• If you are running Windows XP
  You can right-click on "My Computer" and select "Properties | Advanced | Environment Variables"
  and then select the Path System Environment variable, click Edit, and follow the instructions below to change its value.
• If you are running Windows Vista
  You will need administrator access.
  Select in turn: Control panel | Classic view | System | Advanced system settings | Environment Variables
  and then select the Path System Environment variable, click Edit, and follow the instructions below to change its value.

The change you need to make to the Path variable value depends on which version of the compiler you have installed.

• 32-bit installations. Users who installed the 32-bit (IA-32) compiler will find the following string in the variable value field (perhaps at the end):
  

  ;%IFORT_COMPILER10%\IA32\Lib

  Using the mouse select and copy this string (including the semi-colon), and then paste a copy after the Lib. On the new copy change Lib to become Bin (only edit the new copy of Lib). Your path field should then contain this string
  

  ;%IFORT_COMPILER10%\IA32\Lib;%IFORT_COMPILER10%\IA32\Bin

• 64-bit installations. Users who installed the 64 bit (Intel(R) 64 also known as EM64T) compiler will find the following string in the variable value field (perhaps at the end):
  

  ;%IFORT_COMPILER10%\em64t\Lib

  Using the mouse select and copy this string, and then paste a copy after the Lib, then on the new copy change Lib to become Bin (only edit the new copy of Lib). Your path field should then end like this
  

  ;%IFORT_COMPILER10%\em64t\Lib;%IFORT_COMPILER10%\em64t\Bin

Click Ok to accept the changes, and Ok again to close the Environment Variables and System Properties dialogues.

Other Comments

When Intel Visual Fortran 10.1 is installed by following the above procedure, either the 32-bit or 64-bit compiler is installed; you must select the same compiler during the GEMPACK installation. If you want to change the compiler that GEMPACK works with, you need to partially reinstall your Intel Fortran to include the other choice of compiler. Next, modify the system path variable to reflect your new choice of compiler. Then reinstall GEMPACK (Release 10.0-000 or later). Note that GEMPACK with IF64 (Intel Fortran 64-bit) will only work if you are using 64-bit Windows.

Some terms used on this page.

1. IA-32 - a system based on a Pentium compatible 32-bit processor running a 32-bit version of Microsoft Windows. [Top]

2. Intel® 64 (also EM64T) - a system based on an AMD64 compatible processor running a 64-bit version of Microsoft Windows. [Top]

3. Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Premier Partner Edition is a software development product from Microsoft required by Intel Visual Fortran that comes bundled in the Intel Visual Fortran Professional download package from Intel and when necessary is installed by default. [Top]