Installing and configuring ALF

The ALF for Cell BE library should be installed as a component of the Cell BE SDK 3.0.

Refer to the SDK 3.0 Installation Guide for more information about installation and configuration.

The following packages are provided for the ALF for Cell BE library.

Table 1. ALF for Cell BE packages
Package Description
alf-3.0.0-*.ppc.rpm 32-bit ALF for Cell BE runtime package - contains the optimized shared library for the host.
alf-devel-3.0.0-*.ppc.rpm 32-bit ALF for Cell BE development package - contains all the header files for both the host and the accelerator, static host runtime library, static accelerator runtime library, and error-check-enabled accelerator library.
alf-trace-3.0.0-*.ppc.rpm 32-bit ALF for Cell BE trace-enabled package - contains the optimized shared library with PDT debug and trace enabled.
alf-trace-devel-3.0.0-*.ppc.rpm 32-bit ALF for Cell BE development package with PDT trace - contains the static version of the host runtime library with PDT debug and trace enabled and the static accelerator runtime library with PDT debug and trace enabled
alf-3.0.0-*.ppc64.rpm 64-bit ALF for Cell BE runtime package - contains the optimized shared library for the host.
alf-devel-3.0.0-*.ppc64.rpm 64-bit ALF for Cell BE development package - contains all the header files for both the host and the accelerator, static host runtime library, static accelerator runtime library, and error-check-enabled accelerator library.
alf-trace-3.0.0-*.ppc64.rpm 64-bit ALF for Cell BE trace-enabled package - contains the optimized shared library with PDT debug and trace enabled.
alf-trace-devel-3.0.0-*.ppc64.rpm 64-bit ALF for Cell BE development package with PDT trace - contains the static version of the host runtime library with PDT debug and trace enabled and the static accelerator runtime library with PDT debug and trace enabled.
alf-cross-devel-3.0.0-*.noarch.rpm ALF for Cell BE cross development package - contains all the header files and libraries needed for cross-architecture development
alf-examples-source-3.0.0-*.noarch.rpm ALF for Cell BE example sources.
alfman-3.0-*.noarch.rpm ALF for Cell BE man pages.

In addition, there are also debuginfo versions associated with most of the above packages except alf-cross-devel, alf-examples-source, and alfman.