Verification test for IVF 9.0 compiler - could not find \\Bin.

[James_W_6]

Installed IVF compiler V9.0 and ran verification test for correct installation. Received the message "ifort: error: could not find \\Bin" but directory is installed. Selected all the defaults during installation.

Any suggestions?

[mecej4]

I suspect that the compiler could not find one or more of the MS components (e.g., LINK.EXE) because the location of Visual Studio was not correctly set in the configuration files and/or environment variables. Check the files ifort.cfg and ifortvars.bat in the compiler's Bin directory.

Please provide the full output of the test compilation, and the name of the test source whose compilation was attempted.

[James_W_6]

I am running from the console window in DOS. Does IVF compiler require Visual Studio?

[mecej4]

Yes. IVF 9.0 uses tools and libraries from the Visual C++ distribution from Microsoft. If you are content with running IVF from the command line, the tools and libraries from the no-charge Visual C++ Express package from Microsoft would suffice. For details, see the last third of http://registrationcenter-download.intel.com/akdlm/irc_nas/47/w_fc_c_9.0.030_RN.htm .

IVF 9.0 is about five years old. It may be difficult now (2010) to find the Visual C++/Visual Studio versions that IVF 9.0 is compatible with.