Apps SDK

The Apps SDK provides the compiler (qaic-compile) and development libraries needed to compile models into QPC (Qualcomm Program Container) artifacts. It can be installed on any Linux host, including systems without Cloud AI hardware.

Preparation

  1. Copy the Apps SDK zip file to your host machine.

  2. Extract the archive:

    unzip aic_apps.Core.<version>.Linux-AnyCPU.zip

  3. Navigate to the correct directory:

    cd <architecture>/<package-format>

Uninstall Previous Version

If upgrading from a previous installation:

sudo ./uninstall.sh

Installation

sudo ./install.sh

Installation with qaic-pytools

qaic-pytools is an optional Python package included with the Apps SDK that provides additional model preparation and accuracy analysis tools. Install it when you need to prepare models for compilation or evaluate model accuracy on Cloud AI hardware.

Note

If the Apps SDK is already installed without qaic-pytools, uninstall it first before proceeding:

sudo ./uninstall.sh

To include qaic-pytools (requires Python 3.10), install build dependencies first:

Debian/Ubuntu:

sudo apt install build-essential cmake python3.10-dev python3-dev -y

RHEL/Fedora:

sudo dnf groupinstall "Development Tools" -y
sudo dnf install cmake python3.10-devel python3-devel -y

Then install with pytools enabled:

sudo ./install.sh --enable-qaic-pytools

Post-Installation

Verify installation directory

The SDK installs to /opt/qti-aic/:

/opt/qti-aic/
├── dev/
├── exec/
├── integrations/
└── scripts/

Check SDK version

cat /opt/qti-aic/versions/apps.xml

Set executable permissions

sudo chmod a+x /opt/qti-aic/dev/hexagon_tools-*/bin/*
sudo chmod a+x /opt/qti-aic/exec/*

Continue to Verification.