# Installation

Smart NMS is provided through two interfaces:

- Pre compiled executable (qaic-smart-nms)
- Precompiled library (libAICsmartnms.so)
- Python wheel package (smartnms-x.x.x-cp38-cp38-linux\_x86\_64.whl)

The “`qaic-smart-nms`“ executable is part of the SDK release and
can be found at “`/opt/qti-aic/tools/smart-nms/qaic-smart-nms`“.
The library is present at
“`/opt/qti-aic/tools/smart-nms/libAICsmartnms.so`“. The header
files required with usage of the library are present at
“`/opt/qti-aic/tools/smart-nms/src/include`“. The Python package
is present at “`/opt/qti-aic/tools/smart-nms/smartnms-*.whl`“.

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