AWS Dev 1.8.1 Missing XILINX_SDK env var for sdaccel_setup.sh

Question

Hello,  
I recently moved over to the new 1.8.1 FPGA Developer AMI from 1.7.0 and I'm trying to get started with the SDAccel OpenCL hello world tutorial listed in the aws-fpga git to make sure everything is working. When I source the sdaccel_setup.sh script I get the following error:

```
ERROR: XILINX_SDX variable not set and sdx not in the path
ERROR: Please set XILINX_SDX variable to point to your location of your Xilinx installation or add location of sdx exectuable to your PATH variable
```

I can see in my path that the following directories are added to my path automatically:

```
/opt/Xilinx/Vitis/2019.2/bin:/opt/Xilinx/Vivado/2019.2/bin
```

However sdx is not in my path and I can see that it doesn't appear to be in the bin folders of Vivado or Vitis. On the 1.7.0 version of the AMI XILINIX_SDX equates to the following directory: /opt/Xilinx/SDx/2019.1.op2552052 which isn't available.  The tutorial in the GitHub just states to source sdaccel_setup.sh and there's no mention of a SDX install.    
  
Is there some way to fix this or is it just missing and I need to install it?

Accepted Answer

Hello,  
  
From 2019.2 on-wards, Xilinx has launched Vitis in replacement of SDAccel. Our 1.8.x AMI's onwards will thus include Vitis.  
  
Our Github has been updated to use the Vitis tool-flow and you can find the instructions here:   
  
To go through older SDAccel tutorials, you would need the 1.7.0 AMI.  
  
I hope this helps.  
  
-Deep

Answer

Ah I see thank you for the information. I was unaware that they were going to replace SDAccel completely.

AWS Dev 1.8.1 Missing XILINX_SDK env var for sdaccel_setup.sh

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