Set up your environment

Get started

You can install Arm Performance Libraries on an Arm-based AWS instance, such as t4g.2xlarge, running Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.

For instructions to create and connect to an AWS instance, see Get started with Servers and Cloud Computing .

Once connected via ssh, install the required packages with the following commands:

    

        
        
sudo apt update
sudo apt install gcc g++ make -y

    

Next, install Arm Performance Libraries with the commands below. For more information, see the Arm Performance Libraries install guide .

    

        
        
wget https://developer.arm.com/-/cdn-downloads/permalink/Arm-Performance-Libraries/Version_24.10/arm-performance-libraries_24.10_deb_gcc.tar
tar xvf arm-performance-libraries_24.10_deb_gcc.tar
sudo ./arm-performance-libraries_24.10_deb/arm-performance-libraries_24.10_deb.sh --accept

    

Install environment modules to set the required environment variables. This allows you to quickly build the example applications.

    

        
        
sudo apt install environment-modules
source /usr/share/modules/init/bash
export MODULEPATH=$MODULEPATH:/opt/arm/modulefiles
module avail

    

You should see the armpl/24.10.0_gcc available.

    

        
        ------------------------------------ /opt/arm/modulefiles ---------------------------------------
armpl/24.10.0_gcc  

        
    

Load the module with the following command:

    

        
        
module load armpl/24.10.0_gcc

    

Navigate to the lp64 C source code examples and compile:

    

        
        
cd $ARMPL_DIR/examples_lp64
# -E is to preserve environment variables
sudo -E make c_examples 

    

Your terminal output shows the examples being compiled and the output ends with:

    

        
        ...
Test passed OK

        
    

For more information, see the Arm Performance Libraries Reference Guide .