Prerequisites

Before using MindStudio Advisor, make the following preparations:

Prepare an inference server powered by Atlas 200/300/500 inference productss and install the corresponding driver and firmware.
Install the Ascend-CANN-Toolkit. For details, see "Installing the Development Environment" in the CANN Software Installation Guide.
Install MindStudio. For details, see "Installing MindStudio (Linux)" in the MindStudio Installation Guide.

Log in as the running user, run the vi ~/.bashrc command in any directory to open the .bashrc file, and append the following content to the file (the default installation path of a non-root user is used as an example):
```
# Ascend-CANN-Toolkit environment variable. Change it to the actual path.
source ~/Ascend/ascend-toolkit/set_env.sh
```
Run the :wq! command to save the file and exit.
Run the source ~/.bashrc command for the modification to take effect immediately.

Parent topic: Advisor