Intel® Data Analytics Acceleration Library 2016 Beta Installation Guide

Please see the following links to the online resources and documents for the latest information regarding Intel DAAL:

• Intel® DAAL 2016 Beta Release Notes
• Intel® DAAL 2016 Beta Installation Guide
• Intel® DAAL 2016 Beta System Requirements

These instructions assume a standalone installation of Intel® Data Analytics Acceleration Library (Intel® DAAL). If your copy of Intel® DAAL was included as part of one of our "suite products" (e.g., Intel® Parallel Studio XE) your installation procedure may be different than that described below; in which case, please refer to the readme and installation guides for your "suite product" for specific installation details.

Before installing Intel DAAL, check the Product Downloads section of Intel Registration Center to see if a newer version of the library is available. The version listed in your electronic download license letter may not be the most current version available.

The installation of the product requires a valid license file or serial number. If you are evaluating the product, you can also choose the "Evaluate this product (no serial number required)" option during installation.
If you have a previous version of Intel DAAL installed you do not need to uninstall it before installing a new version. If you choose to uninstall the older version, you may do so at any time.

Directory Layout

Intel® DAAL installs in the daal subdirectory inside <parent product directory>. For example, when Intel® DAAL is installed as part of the Intel® Parallel Studio XE Composer Edition for C++, <parent product directory> is as follows:

• On Windows* OS: C:\Program files (x86)\Intel_sw_development_tools\compilers_and_libraries_2016.x.xxx\windows (on some systems, instead of Program Files (x86), the directory name is Program Files)
• On OS X*:  /opt/intel/compilers_and_libraries_2016.x.xxx/mac
• Linux* OS: /opt/intel/compilers_and_libraries_2016.x.xxx/linux

In the text that follows, <arch> refers to the primary processor architecture, such as ia32 or intel64 and <DAALROOT> refers to the Intel® DAAL installation directory. Additionally, replace the '\' below with a '/' on Linux* OS or OS X*.

Within the Intel® DAAL root installation directory you will find a collection of subdirectories.

<DAALROOT>\daal\bin - Environment variables.

<DAALROOT>\daal\lib\<arch> -  lib directories contain the actual library files that you must link against when building your Intel® DAAL application. These include the Intel® DAAL static library files and the stub library files needed to build applications that link with the Intel® DAAL dynamic or shared library files. This library does not contain the dynamic library files you need to redistribute with your application if you choose to link against the shared library files, those files are stored elsewhere (see below).

<DAALROOT>\compiler\lib\<arch> - The common compiler redist directory contains additional dynamic libraries that you may need to distribute with your Intel® DAAL application when linking against the shared libraries. In particular, the Intel® DAAL library utilizes the Intel® OpenMP* library to implement multi-threading, and those OpenMP library files can be found in this directory.

<DAALROOT>\documentation\en\daal -  Intel® DAAL documentation.

<DAALROOT>\daal\examples\cpp - Actual examples in C++ language.

<DAALROOT>\daal\examples\java - Actual examples in Java* language.

<DAALROOT>\daal\examples\data - Data files for C++ and Java* examples.

<DAALROOT>\daal\samples - Samples in C++ and Java* languages that you can include in your program.

<DAALROOT>\daal\include - The interface files defining data types and function prototypes for Intel® DAAL. See the Getting Started page for more information.

<DAALROOT>\redist\<arch>\daal - Intel® DAAL dynamic libraries that you may distribute with your Intel® DAAL application when linking against the shared libraries.

<DAALROOT>\tbb\lib\<arch>\vc_mt - This common directory contains additional dynamic libraries that you may need to distribute with your Intel® DAAL application when linking against the shared libraries. In particular, these are dynamic libraries from Intel® Threading Building Blocks (Intel® TBB) that Intel® DAAL utilizes for treading implementation.

Installing Intel DAAL on Windows* OS

You can install multiple versions of Intel DAAL and any combination of 32-bit and 64-bit variations of the library on your development system.

These instructions assume you to have an Internet connection. The installation program will automatically download a license key to your system. If you do not have an internet connection, see the manual installation instructions below.

Interactive installation on Windows* OS

1. If you received the Intel DAAL product as a download, double-click on the downloaded file to begin.
2. You will be asked to choose a target directory ("C:\Program Files\Intel\Downloads"  by default) in which the contents of the self-extracting setup file will be placed before the actual library installation begins. You can choose to remove or keep temporarily extracted files after installation is complete. You can safely remove the files in this "downloads"  directory if you need to free up disk space; however, deleting these files will impact your ability to change your installation options at a later time using the add/remove applet, you will always be able to uninstall.)
3. Click Next when the installation wizard appears.
4. If you agree with the End User License Agreement, click Next to accept the license agreement.
5. License Activation Options:
   • If you do have an Internet connection, skip this step and proceed to the next numbered step (below).
   • If you do not have an Internet connection, or require a floating or counted license installation, choose Alternative Activation and click Next; there will be two options to choose from:
     • Activate Offline:  requires a License File.
     • Use a License manager: Floating License activation
6. Enter your serial number to activate and install the product.
7. Activation completed. Click Next to continue.
8. If there is package from another update of Parallel Studio XE installed, you will be able to select update mode on Choose Product Update Mode dialog:
   1. I want to apply this update to the existing version.
      Using this option will result in the original version being replaced by the updated version.
   2. I want to install this update separate from the existing version.
      Using this option will result in the update being installed in a different location, leaving the existing version unchanged.
9. The Installation Summary dialog box opens to show the summary of your installation options (chosen components, destination folder, etc.). Click Install to start installation (proceed to step 15) or click Customize to change settings. If you select "Customize", follow steps 10-14. 
   
   
10. In the Architecture Selection dialog box, select the architecture of the platform where your software will run.
11. In the Choose a Destination Folder dialog box, choose the installation directory. By default, it is C:\Program Files\Intel_sw_development_tools. You may choose a different directory. All files are installed into the Intel Parallel Studio XE 2016 subdirectory (in the case if you chose I want to install this update separate from the existing version, all files will be installed into the Composer XE 2015.0.xxx is the package number).
12. Package contains components for integration into Microsoft Visual Studio*. You are able to select the Microsoft Visual Studio product(s) for integration on the Choose Integration target dialog box.
13. If Microsoft Compute Cluster Pack* is present, and the installation detects that the installing system is a member of a cluster, the dialog box will be shown which provides you an option to install the product on all visible  nodes of the cluster or on the current node only(by default installation on all visible nodes is performed).
14. The Installation Summary dialog box opens to show the summary of your installation options (chosen components, destination folder, etc.). Click Install to start installation.
15. Click Finish in the final screen to exit the Intel Software Setup Assistant. 

Online Installation on Windows* OS

The default electronic installation package for Intel DAAL for Windows now consists of a smaller installation package that dynamically downloads and then installs packages selected to be installed. This requires a working internet connection and potentially a proxy setting if you are behind an internet proxy. Full packages are provided alongside where you download this online install package if a working internet connection is not available.

Silent Installation on Windows* OS

Silent installation enables you to install Intel DAAL on a single Windows* machine in a batch mode, without input prompts. Use this option if you need to install on multiple similarly configured machines, such as cluster nodes.

To invoke silent installation:

1. Go to the folder where the Intel DAAL package was extracted during unpacking; by default, it is the C:\Program Files\Intel\Download\w_daal_2016.y.xxx folder.
2. Run setup.exe, located in this folder: setup.exe [command arguments]

If no command is specified, the installation proceeds in the Setup Wizard mode. If a command is specified, the installation proceeds in the non-interactive (silent) mode.

The table below lists possible values of  and the corresponding arguments.

Uninstalling Intel DAAL for Windows* OS