installing Intel Compiler Suite Professional Edition for Windows

[Meghna_Babbar-sebens]

Hi,
I recently bought Intel Compiler Suite Professional Edition for Windows and am trying to install it on my computer by downloading the setup files from Intel's website. When I run the installation, the software asks for Microsoft visual studio. Should it not be included in the purchase? How can I obtain the visual studio installer?

Thanks.
Meghna.

[TimP]

Only Fortran, installed by itself, is supported by the provided PPE option (subset of Visual Studio). In order to support C and C++, you do require the Visual Studio. There is a 90-day free trial Microsoft download for Visual Studio 2008. For 32-bit command line operation with Intel compilers, Visual Studio Express is available for free download (also not fully tested with ICL and ifort).

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Because the Compiler Suite products include C++, we are unable to include Visual Studio Shell and libraries, even though Intel C++ does not recognize those as a prerequisite. This may change in the future. So if you have purchased the Compiler Suite, you will need to separately obtain and install Visual Studio. I notice that we don't explain this well on our web site.

Tim mentioned Visual C++ Express Edition - this can be used to enable building Fortran applications from the command line, but not within the Visual Studio environment, and there would not be a debugger available.

[Meghna_Babbar-sebens]

Quoting - Steve Lionel (Intel)

Because the Compiler Suite products include C++, we are unable to include Visual Studio Shell and libraries, even though Intel C++ does not recognize those as a prerequisite. This may change in the future. So if you have purchased the Compiler Suite, you will need to separately obtain and install Visual Studio. I notice that we don't explain this well on our web site.

Tim mentioned Visual C++ Express Edition - this can be used to enable building Fortran applications from the command line, but not within the Visual Studio environment, and there would not be a debugger available.

Tim and Steve: Thanks so much for the clarifications. This means I will also need to buy Visual Studio. I hope Intel can include some sort of interface for their future releases, so that we don't have to buy a separate software.

[Steven_L_Intel1]

You would have needed Visual Studio (Standard Edition is fine) in order to use Intel C++ anyway. If we do include VS Shell in a future version of Compiler Suite, it will be for Fortran only. (Otherwise we would have to recreate the Microsoft Visual C++ project system and include additional libraries.)

[Meghna_Babbar-sebens]

Quoting - Steve Lionel (Intel)

Because the Compiler Suite products include C++, we are unable to include Visual Studio Shell and libraries, even though Intel C++ does not recognize those as a prerequisite. This may change in the future. So if you have purchased the Compiler Suite, you will need to separately obtain and install Visual Studio. I notice that we don't explain this well on our web site.

Tim mentioned Visual C++ Express Edition - this can be used to enable building Fortran applications from the command line, but not within the Visual Studio environment, and there would not be a debugger available.

Hi Steve,
Would purchase of Visual Studio Standard Edition do the job? Just want to make sure of any compatability issues before I make another purchase...
Thanks.

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Yes - Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition will be fine for both Intel Fortran and Intel C++. If you want to use the Intel compilers before receiving the purchased VS, you can download a 90-day free trial of Visual Studio 2008 from Microsoft.