- Current release: v4.0
The AI PC Application Installer provides a unified way to set up Intel AI PC development environments for developers, engagements, workshops, and events.
It is designed to:
- Standardize setup across supported operating systems
- Install and configure required development tools and runtimes
- Handle dependencies and installation order
- Track installed components for maintenance and uninstall workflows
- Unified installer framework for Windows and Linux setup flows
- Package-based and script-driven installation support
- Dependency-aware install experience
- Installation tracking and uninstall support
- Logging for troubleshooting and validation
- Windows
- Linux
Supported via the Windows installer flow:
- Visual Studio Code
- Visual Studio Community 2026 Edition
- Python 3.12
- Clink
- Git for Windows
- CMake
- uv
- Vulkan SDK
- Node.js LTS
- Foundry Local
- Ollama
- Continue (VS Code Extension)
- npm (Node Package Manager)
- Intel AI Playground
- NuGet Installation
Windows Installation Step by Step Guide:
Supported via the Linux setup flow:
- Intel GPU and NPU driver setup (Ubuntu 24.04)
- OpenVINO toolkit environment
- OpenVINO GenAI setup
- Ollama setup for local LLM workflows
- Python tooling via uv and virtual environments
- Google Chrome
- Visual Studio Code
- OpenVINO notebooks and AI workshop repositories
Linux Installation Step by Step Guide:
OpenVINO Model Server on Windows is a separate capability. It is not part of the installer framework and is not installed by the Windows or Linux setup flows.
Scripts in Windows_Software_Installation/OVMS download, configure, and start the server:
- OVMS launcher
- OVMS agentic launcher for tool calling and agent workflows
Hermes agent skills are a separate capability. They are not part of the installer framework and are not installed by the Windows or Linux setup flows. This pack is currently Windows only.
The pack in agent-skills uses Hermes to install the Dev Kit with /intel-devkit-install. Optional skills can verify the stack, run OVMS, and connect Hermes to local inference.
- Agent skills guide
- Quick path — for Hermes users who already have an inference provider configured
- Bootstrap path — for a new Hermes setup that uses Muse Glimmer on OVMS as the inference provider
For detailed, OS-specific installation steps, use:
- Windows installation guide: Windows_Software_Installation/README.md
- Linux installation guide: Linux_Software_Installation/README.md
- Windows installer assets: Windows_Software_Installation
- Windows OVMS scripts (separate from the installer): Windows_Software_Installation/OVMS
- Hermes agent skills (separate from the installer): agent-skills
- Linux installer assets: Linux_Software_Installation
- Vijay: vijay.chandrashekar@intel.com
- Praveen: praveen.k.kundurthy@intel.com
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