# Learn PyTorch

After installing `ipex-llm` which is required to use Intel GPUs (see documentation in [Links](#Links), you can should have access to `conda` and be able to `import torch` normally.

Important: Set the necessary environmental variables:

```bash
unset OCL_ICD_VENDORS
export SYCL_CACHE_PERSISTENT=1
# [optional] The following environment variable may improve performance, but in some cases, it may also lead to performance degradation
export SYCL_PI_LEVEL_ZERO_USE_IMMEDIATE_COMMANDLISTS=1
```

Links
- [Install IPEX-LLM on Intel GPU with PyTorch 2.6](https://git.ayo.run/ayo/ipex-llm/src/branch/main/docs/mddocs/Quickstart/install_pytorch26_gpu.md)
- [Get started with PyTorch locally](https://pytorch.org/get-started/locally/)