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Installation

Dependencies

MLCFlow needs python>=3.7, python3-pip, python3-venv and git installed on your system.

sudo apt-get install -y python3-dev python3-venv python3-pip git wget sudo unzip curl

sudo dnf install -y python3-dev python3-pip git wget sudo unzip binutils curl

sudo pacman -Sy python python-pip git wget sudo binutils curl

brew install python git wget binutils curl

WinGet the Windows Package Manager is available on Windows 11, modern versions of Windows 10, and Windows Server 2025 as a part of the App Installer. For more information visit mirosoft's site.

winget install wget Git.Git python3 cURL.cURL unzip --accept-package-agreements

Activate a Virtual ENV for MLCFlow (Optional)

This step is not mandatory. But the latest pip install requires this or else will need the --break-system-packages flag while installing.

python3 -m venv mlcflow
. mlcflow/bin/activate


python -m venv mlcflow
mlcflow\Scripts\activate.bat
Run as Administrator 
git config --system core.longpaths true

Install MLCFLow

If you are not using virtual ENV for installation, the latest pip install requires the --break-system-packages flag while installing.

pip install mlcflow

Pull the Automation Repo

mlc pull repo mlcommons@mlperf-automations
* If you are forking https://github.com/mlcommons/mlperf-automations you can substitute the above command by mlc pull repo <your_github_username>@mlperf-automations.

Tip

If you want to pull the latest changes (recommended), please do mlc pull repo periodically.

Now, you are ready to use the mlc commands. Currently, mlc is being used to automate the benchmark runs for: