# Building QAic Execution Provider

Prerequisite software versions:

sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y build-essential cmake
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The AIC backend support code is provided as a patch along with the SDK.
Set up the environment and build ONNX Runtime with QAic as follows:

export QAIC_LIB=/opt/qti-aic/dev/lib/x86_64/libQAic.so
    export QAIC_COMPILER_LIB=/opt/qti-aic/dev/lib/x86_64/libQAicCompiler.so
    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/opt/qti-aic/dev/lib/x86_64/
    
    cd /opt/qti-aic/integrations/qaic_onnxrt
    ./build_onnxrt_qaic.sh
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When building inside a Cloud AI Inference container as <cite>root</cite>, add the <cite>–allow-running-as-root</cite> option.

This checks out the ONNX Runtime repository, applies the QAIC patch
(<cite>qaic_onnxrt.patch</cite>), and builds the ONNX Runtime distribution with the
QAIC Execution Provider enabled.

For Python use cases, set up the virtual environment:

python3.10 -m venv env_qaic_onnxrt
    source env_qaic_onnxrt/bin/activate
    
    pip3 install /opt/qti-aic/integrations/qaic_onnxrt/onnxruntime_qaic/build/Linux/Release/dist/onnxruntime_qaic-1.18.1-cp310-cp310-linux_x86_64.whl
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Last Published: Aug 25, 2026

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