Get Started with the Intel® Fortran Compiler Classic and Intel® Fortran Compiler

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Date 3/22/2024
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Get Started on Windows*

Before You Begin

For building applications with full IDE functionality, including debugging and development, you must install a supported version of Microsoft Visual Studio*. To build applications using command-line tools only, you must have a supported version of Build Tools for Visual Studio installed. Desktop development with C++ support must be selected for all versions as part of the Visual Studio or Build Tools installation.

If you open an Intel oneAPI command prompt from the Start menu, you do not need to set the environment variables as they are set automatically. If you open a standard Windows command prompt, you will need to set the environment variables as described in Use the setvars and oneapi-vars Scripts with Windows*.

NOTE:

The conda package for the Intel® Fortran Compiler runtime no longer has a runtime dependency on the Intel® MPI Library, which is needed to enable Coarrays. If you maintain a conda package that has a runtime dependency on the Intel Fortran Compiler runtime and your application uses the Intel MPI Library, you need to explicitly add the impi_rt conda package for the Intel MPI Library to the list of runtime dependencies in your project’s meta.yaml file.

Invoke the Compiler From the Command Line

The following steps show how to invoke the compiler on Windows. Exact steps may vary depending on which version of Windows is installed.

Step 1: Open a command prompt

  1. Open the Start menu
  2. Select Intel oneAPI command prompt under the installed version of Intel oneAPI, for example Intel oneAPI 2024

Step 2: Invoke the compiler

Invoke the compiler using the following syntax:

{ifx|ifort} [option] file1 [file2...] [/link link_options]

For example:

ifx hello.f90 

To display all available compiler options, use the following command:

  • ifx /help

Refer to Compiler Options for detailed information about available options.

Invoke the Compiler From Microsoft Visual Studio

The following steps show how to invoke the compiler from within Microsoft Visual Studio. Exact steps may vary depending on the version of Microsoft Visual Studio in use.

Step 1: Build a binary

  1. Launch Microsoft Visual Studio

  2. Select File > New > Project

  3. In the New Project window, select a project type under Fortran

    (Set Fortran as the language in the Language dropdown)

  4. Select a template and click OK

  5. Select Build > Build Solution

The results of the compilation display in the Output window.

Step 2: Set build configurations

  1. Right click on Project in Solution Explorer > Properties
  2. Locate Fortran in the list and expand the heading
  3. Walk through the available properties to select your configuration
NOTE:
To change the compiler version in Microsoft Visual Studio, navigate to Tools > Options > Intel Compilers and Libraries> IFX Intel Fortran > Compilers.

Build a Program From the Command Line

Use the following steps to test your compiler installation and build a program.

  1. Use a text editor to create a file called hello.f90 with the following contents:
    print *, “Hello, world!”
    end
  2. From a command prompt, compile hello.f90:
    ifx hello.f90
  3. Now you have an executable called hello, which can be run and will give immediate feedback:
    hello

    Which outputs:

    Hello, world!