Unofficial Linux builds of VIAMD

Ready-to-run Linux builds of VIAMD.

Warning

These are unofficial builds. They are not made, endorsed or supported by the VIAMD developers. For the software itself, its documentation and support, see the VIAMD repository and its wiki. Problems with these builds (the program won't start, missing libraries) should be reported here, not upstream.

Install on Debian 12

For yourself, in the current directory:

curl -fL https://github.com/VachaLab/viamd_linux_builds/releases/latest/download/viamd-debian12-x86_64-avx2.tar.gz | tar -xz
cd viamd-debian12-x86_64-avx2
./viamd

The folder can live anywhere: VIAMD finds its basis/ and datasets/ folders next to the executable, also when started through a symlink.

Other systems and CPUs

The file names follow the pattern viamd-<system>-x86_64-<cpu>.tar.gz. Replace debian12-x86_64-avx2 in the commands above with the one for your machine.

<system>	For
debian12	Debian 12 (bookworm)
ubuntu-22.04	Ubuntu 22.04
ubuntu-24.04	Ubuntu 24.04

<cpu>	Runs on
avx2	almost any x86-64 CPU from about 2015 on (needs AVX2 and FMA)
baseline	any x86-64 CPU (slower)
avx512	only CPUs with AVX-512

To see what your CPU supports:

grep -o -w -E 'avx2|fma|avx512f' /proc/cpuinfo | sort -u

If it prints avx2 and fma, use the avx2 build.

Versions and updates

The releases/latest/download/... address always gives the newest VIAMD release. For a specific version, put the version in its place:

curl -fL https://github.com/VachaLab/viamd_linux_builds/releases/download/v0.1.48/viamd-debian12-x86_64-avx2.tar.gz | tar -xz

To update, delete the old folder first (so no files from the old version are left behind) and then run the install commands again:

rm -rf viamd-debian12-x86_64-avx2

BUILD_INFO.txt in the folder says which VIAMD version you have and how it was built.

To check that a download is complete and unmodified, download the .sha256 file next to it and compare:

curl -fLO https://github.com/VachaLab/viamd_linux_builds/releases/latest/download/viamd-debian12-x86_64-avx2.tar.gz
curl -fLO https://github.com/VachaLab/viamd_linux_builds/releases/latest/download/viamd-debian12-x86_64-avx2.tar.gz.sha256
sha256sum -c viamd-debian12-x86_64-avx2.tar.gz.sha256

Troubleshooting

curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 404: there is no file with that name in the release. Check the name, or look on the Releases page for what is available for your system.

"Illegal instruction" right after starting: your CPU lacks an instruction set the build uses. Check with the grep command above and use a baseline build.

"error while loading shared libraries": the run-time libraries are not installed.

Wayland desktops: VIAMD runs through XWayland, which is part of standard GNOME and KDE installations.

License

VIAMD is MIT-licensed by its authors. Every archive contains VIAMD's LICENSE, and the licenses of the libraries compiled into it in licenses/.