Introduction
This document provides details about hardware, operating system, and software prerequisites for the Intel® Distribution for GDB*.
Supported Host Operating Systems
These OS distributions are tested by Intel or known to work; other distributions may or may not work and are not recommended. If you have questions, access the Intel Community Forums when you need assistance. If you have Commercial Support, create a support ticket.
Linux* Host
- Linux: Ubuntu* 22.04, 24.04, RHEL 8, RHEL 9, SLES 15 (all 64-bit extended)
- Dynamic Kernel Module Support (DKMS)
Windows* Host
- Windows 10/11, 64-bit
- Intel® oneAPI Base Toolkit installation
- Intel® HPC Toolkit installation for OpenMP*
Supported Target Hardware Platforms
CPU Processors
- Intel® Core™ Processor family
- Intel® Xeon® Processor family
- Intel® Xeon® Scalable Performance processors
Accelerators
- GPU Linux: Intel® Arc™ Series, Intel® Data Center GPU Flex Series, and Ponte Vecchio. Integrated GPUs like 'Intel® HD Graphics Gen12' or older are not supported with this release.
- GPU Windows: Intel® Arc™ Series and Intel® Core™ Ultra with a built-in Intel® Arc™ GPU.
Motherboard Requirements
- Full-size PCI Express 3.0 (or newer) x16 slot
- Resizable (Re-Size) BAR
Software Requirements
For Linux users
- For GPU development, the Intel oneAPI Base Toolkit (includes Intel® oneAPI DPC++/C++ Compiler).
- The driver packages needed for GPU debugging on Linux are described in the Data Center GPU Series Driver Installation and Client GPU Driver Installation pages.
For Windows users
- For GPU development, the latest GPU drivers need to be installed. This can be downloaded from Intel® Arc™ \& Iris® Xe Graphics - WHQL - Windows.
- Note: see Installation Guide for Intel® oneAPI Toolkits on how to install the GPU drivers.
Development Environment
Microsoft* Visual Studio*
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 or 2022
Visual Studio Code (VS Code) Extensions for Intel® oneAPI Toolkits
The VS Code extensions for oneAPI Toolkits provide assistance to developers who are creating, debugging and profiling oneAPI applications. The Using Visual Studio Code with Intel® oneAPI Toolkits User Guide provides additional detail.
The following VS Code extensions are available in the VS Code marketplace:
- Code Sample Browser for Intel® Software Developer Tools
- Environment Configurator for Intel® Software Developer Tools
- Analysis Configurator for Intel® Software Developer Tools
- GDB with GPU Debug Support for Intel® oneAPI Toolkits
- DevCloud Connector for Intel® oneAPI Toolkits
Alternately, you can install the above extensions as a bundle from Extension Pack for Intel Software Developer Tools.
See also: