.. _sycl_build:

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Building and using Alien SYCL backend
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Building Alien SYCL backend
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Alien's build system is based on CMake.


Configuring
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.. code-block:: bash

    export GCCCORE='path_to_gccroot_compiler'
    cmake -S `pwd`/alien \
          -B `pwd`/build-alien \
          -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
          -DALIEN_WANT_AVX2=ON \
          -DALIEN_USE_LIBXML2=ON \
          -DALIEN_UNIT_TESTS=ON \
          -DALIEN_USE_HDF5=ON -DHIPSYCL_TARGETS=cuda:sm_50 \
          -DALIEN_USE_SYCL=ON \
          -DGCCCORE_ROOT:PATH=${GCCXORE_ROOT} \
          ../alien
    cmake --build <build_dir>
    cmake --install <build_dir>


Concepts
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