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Intel® Threading Building Blocks
Setting up the environment

Before using Intel® Threading Building Blocks for the first time, you must configure the environment variables that are used to locate necessary library and include files.


Registering Environment Variables for Windows* Systems

Locate the configuration scripts for your operating system. The scripts are located in the bin directory. The default location of the bin directory on Windows* is the following:

C:\Program Files\Intel\TBB\2.1\[ia32|em64t]\<platform-spec>\bin

From a command prompt, execute file tbbvars.bat from the bin directory. This batch file sets the paths required by the Intel® C++ Compiler and by Microsoft Visual Studio* to locate the Intel® Threading Building Blocks include files and library. These scripts add the installation path of the product to the PATH, LIB and INCLUDE environment variables.

Execute the command "devenv /useenv" to launch a Visual Studio window that uses these new settings.

Registering Environment Variables for Mac OS* Systems

Locate the configuration scripts for your operating system. The scripts are located in the bin directory. The default location of the bin directory on Mac OS* is the following:

/Library/Frameworks/Intel_TBB.framework/Versions/2.1/bin

From the bin directory, execute the tbbvars.[c]sh script. These scripts modify the paths held by the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH, and CPATH variables, and affect only your current shell.

Registering Environment Variables for Linux* Systems

Locate the configuration scripts for your operating system. The scripts are located in the bin directory. The default location of the bin directory on Linux* is the following:

/opt/intel/tbb/2.1/bin

From the bin directory, execute the tbbvars.[c]sh script. These scripts modify the paths held by the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH, and CPATH variables, and affect only your current shell.

This applies to:
Intel® Threading Building Blocks for Linux*
Intel® Threading Building Blocks for Mac OS*
Intel® Threading Building Blocks for Windows*

Solution ID: CS-023129
Date Created: 25-Jul-2006
Last Modified: 24-Jun-2008
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