Supplied Libraries

Libraries are simply an indexed collection of object files that are included as needed in a linked program. Combining object files into a library makes it easy to distribute your code without disclosing the source. It also reduces the number of command-line entries needed to compile your project.

Intel® Fortran provides different types of libraries, such as static or DLL, single-threaded or multi-threaded.

On Linux* and Mac OS* systems, you can use the -shared-intel compiler option on the command line to specify that you want to use the dynamic versions of all Intel libraries.

The tables below show the libraries provided for the compiler. Except where noted, listed libraries apply to systems based on IA-32 architecture, systems based on Intel® 64 architecture and systems based on IA-64 architecture.

The run-time libraries have associated message catalog files, described in Run-Time Library Message Catalog Location.

The file fredist.txt in the <install-dir>/license folder lists the Intel compiler libraries that are redistributable.

Libraries provided on Windows* systems:

File	Description
ifauto.lib	Fortran interfaces to Automation objects
ifcom.lib	Fortran interfaces to COM support
ifconsol.lib	QuickWin stub support
ifdlg100.dll	Provides ActiveX* control support to the dialog procedures
iflogm.lib	Dialog support
ifqw_mdi.lib	QuickWin multi-document support library
ifqw_sdi.lib	QuickWin single document support library
ifqwin.lib	QuickWin support library
ifwin.lib	Miscellaneous Windows support
libguide.lib	OpenMP* static library for the parallelizer tool
libguide40.lib libguide40.dll	These two libraries make up a dynamic library for the parallelizer tool
libguide_stats.lib	OpenMP static library for the parallelizer tool with performance statistics and profile information
libguide40_stats.lib libguide40_stats.dll	These two libraries make up a dynamic library for the parallelizer tool with performance statistics and profile information
libifcore.lib	Intel-specific Fortran I/O intrinsic support library
libifcoremd.lib libifcoremd.dll	...when compiled with /MD
libifcoremdd.lib libifcoremdd.dll	...when compiled with /MDd
libifcoremt.lib	...when compiled with /MT
libifcorert.lib libifcorert.dll	...when compiled with /MDs
libifcorertd.lib libifcorertd.dll	...when compiled with /MDsd
libifport.lib	Portability, POSIX, and NLS support library
libifportmd.dll libifportmd.lib	...when compiled with /MD
libirc.lib	Intel-specific library (optimizations)
libircmt.lib	Multithreaded Intel-specific library (optimizations)
libm.lib	Math library
libmmd.lib libmmd.dll	These two libraries make up a dynamic library for the multithreaded math library used when compiling with /MD
libmmdd.lib libmmdd.dll	These two libraries make up a debug dynamic library for the multithreaded math library used when compiling with /MD
libmmds.lib	Static math library built multithread
libmmt.lib	Multithreaded math library used when compiling with /MT
libompstub.lib	Library that resolves references to OpenMP subroutines when OpenMP is not in use
svml_disp.lib	Short-vector math library (used by vectorizer). Not provided on systems based on IA-64 architecture.
svml_dispmt.lib	Multithread short-vector math library (used by vectorizer). Not provided on systems based on IA-64 architecture.

Libraries provided on Linux* and Mac OS* systems:

File	Description
crtxi.o crtxn.o	C initialization support; Linux* only.
for_main.o	main routine for Fortran programs
icrt.internal.map icrt.link	C link support; Linux* only
libcprts.a libcprts.so libcprts.so.5 (IA-32 and Intel® 64 architectures) libcprts.so.6 (IA-64 architecture )	C++ standard language library; Linux* only
libcxa.a libcxa.so libcxa.so.5 (IA-32 and Intel® 64 architectures) libcxa.so.6 (IA-64 architecture)	C++ language library indicating I/O data location; Linux* only
libcxaguard.a libcxaguard.so (.dylib for Mac OS*) libcxaguard.so.5 (Linux IA-32 and Intel® 64 architectures) libcxaguard.so.6 (Linux IA-64 architecture)	Used for interoperability with the -cxxlib option.
libguide.a libguide.so (.dylib for Mac OS*)	OpenMP* static library for the parallelizer tool
libguide_stats.a libguide_stats.so (.dylib for Mac OS*)	Support for parallelizer tool with performance and profile information
libifcore.a libifcore.so (.dylib for Mac OS*) libifcore.so.5 (Linux IA-32 and Intel® 64 architectures) libifcore.so.6 (IA-64 architecture)	Intel-specific Fortran run-time library
libifcore_pic.a libifcoremt_pic.a	Intel-specific Fortran static libraries; Linux* only. These support position independent code and allow creation of shared libraries linked to Intel-specific Fortran static run-time libraries, instead of shared run-time libraries.
libifcoremt.a libifcoremt.so (.dylib for Mac OS*) libifcoremt.so.5 (Linux IA-32 and Intel® 64 architectures) libifcoremt.so.6 (IA-64 architecture)	Multithreaded Intel-specific Fortran run-time library
libifport.a libifport.so (.dylib for Mac OS) libifport.so.5 (Linux IA-32 and Intel® 64 architectures) libifport.so.6 (IA-64 architecture) libifportmt.dylib (Mac OS only)	Portability and POSIX support
libimf.a libimf.so (.dylib for Mac OS*)	Math library
libirc.a libirc_s.a libirc.dylib (Mac OS*)	Intel-specific library (optimizations)
libompstub.a	Library that resolves references to OMP subroutines when OMP is not in use
libsvml.a libsvml.dylib (Mac OS*)	Short vector math library (Note: For systems based on Intel® 64 architecture, this library is linked against by default. For systems based on IA-32 architecture, linking against this library is dependent on optimization switches.)
libunwind.a libunwind.so (.dylib for Mac OS*) libunwind.so.5 (Linux IA-32 and Intel® 64 architectures) libunwind.so.6 (IA-64 architecture)	Unwind support