Install Arm Mobile Studio
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Install on macOS
Arm Mobile Studio is provided as a dmg package. To mount it, double-click the dmg package and follow the instructions. The directory tree is copied to the Applications folder on your local file system for easy access.
Launch Arm Mobile Studio tools on macOS
Launch the tools directly from the Arm Mobile Studio directory tree in your Applications folder.
- To launch Streamline, go to the
<installation_directory>/streamline
folder, and open theStreamline.app
file.
Note: To use Streamline with an Arm Mobile Studio professional edition license, you must open this file from within a Terminal shell that has the correct licensing environment variables set. For example:
cd
/streamline/
open Streamline.app
Refer to Adding a professional license for instructions. - To launch Graphics Analyzer, go to the
<installation_directory>/graphics_analyzer/gui
folder, and open theGraphics Analyzer.app
file.
Note: To use Graphics Analyzer with an Arm Mobile Studio professional edition license, you must open them from within a Terminal shell that has the correct licensing environment variables set. For example:
cd
/graphics_analyzer/gui/
open Graphics\ Analyzer.app
Refer to Adding a professional license for instructions. - To launch Performance Advisor:
- Navigate to the
<installation_directory>/performance_advisor
directory, and double-click theperformance_advisor_launcher
file. - Your computer will ask you to allow Performance Advisor to control the Terminal application. Confirm this.
Performance Advisor opens the Terminal application, and sets your PATH environment variable so you can run thepa
command from any directory. - (Optional) To use Performance Advisor with an Arm Mobile Studio professional edition license, you must set the correct licensing environment variables from within this shell's context. Refer to Adding a professional license for instructions.
pa --help
command to list all the available command options.
Refer to Get started with Performance Advisor for step-by-step instructions on how to generate a report. - Navigate to the
- To launch Mali Offline Compiler, navigate to the
<installation_directory>/mali_offline_compiler
directory, and double-click themali_offline_compiler_launcher
file.
Mali Offline Compiler opens the Terminal application and sets your PATH environment variable so you can run themalioc
command from any directory.
Use themalioc --help
option to list all the available command options.
Refer to Get started with Mali Offline Compiler for step-by-step instructions on how to analyze a shader program for a device with a Mali GPU.
Note: On some versions of macOS, you might see a message that Mali Offline Compiler is not recognised as an application from an identified developer. To enable Mali Offline Compiler, cancel this message, then open System Preferences > Security & Privacy, and select Allow Anyway for the "malioc" item.