Contents

• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. System Requirements
  • 1.2. OS Support Policy
  • 1.3. Administrative Privileges
• 2. Pre-installation Actions
  • 2.1. Verify You Have a Supported Distribution of Linux
  • 2.2. Verify the System has the Correct Kernel Packages Installed
• 3. Choose an Installation Method
• 4. Recent Updates
  • 4.1. Compute-only and Desktop Installation
  • 4.2. Wayland-only Desktop Installation
  • 4.3. Compute-only HPC Node
  • 4.4. Driver Helper Script
    • 4.4.1. Auto Hardware Selection
• 5. Kernel Modules
  • 5.1. Open GPU Kernel Modules Installation
  • 5.2. Proprietary GPU Kernel Modules Installation
• 6. Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • 6.1. Preparation
  • 6.2. Local Repository Installation
  • 6.3. Network Repository Installation
  • 6.4. Driver Installation
  • 6.5. Compute-only (Headless) and Desktop-only (no Compute) Installation
    • 6.5.1. Compute-only System
    • 6.5.2. Desktop-only System
  • 6.6. Reboot the System
• 7. KylinOS
  • 7.1. Preparation
  • 7.2. Local Repository Installation
  • 7.3. Network Repository Installation
  • 7.4. Driver Installation
  • 7.5. Compute-only (Headless) and Desktop-only (no Compute) Installation
    • 7.5.1. Compute-only System
    • 7.5.2. Desktop-only System
  • 7.6. Reboot the System
• 8. Fedora
  • 8.1. Preparation
  • 8.2. Local Repository Installation
  • 8.3. Network Repository Installation
  • 8.4. Driver Installation
  • 8.5. Compute-only (Headless) and Desktop-only (no Compute) Installation
    • 8.5.1. Compute-only System
    • 8.5.2. Desktop-only System
  • 8.6. Reboot the System
• 9. SUSE
  • 9.1. Preparation
  • 9.2. Local Repository Installation
  • 9.3. Network Repository Installation
  • 9.4. Driver Installation
  • 9.5. Compute-only (Headless) and Desktop-only (no Compute) Installation
    • 9.5.1. Compute-only System
    • 9.5.2. Desktop-only System
  • 9.6. Reboot the System
• 10. Ubuntu
  • 10.1. Preparation
  • 10.2. Local Repository Installation
  • 10.3. Network Repository Installation
  • 10.4. Driver Installation
  • 10.5. Reboot the System
• 11. Debian
  • 11.1. Preparation
  • 11.2. Local Repository Installation
  • 11.3. Network Repository Installation
  • 11.4. Driver Installation
  • 11.5. Compute-only (Headless) and Desktop-only (no Compute) Installation
    • 11.5.1. Compute-only System
    • 11.5.2. Desktop-only System
  • 11.6. Reboot the System
• 12. Amazon Linux
  • 12.1. Preparation
  • 12.2. Local Repository Installation
  • 12.3. Network Repository Installation
  • 12.4. Driver Installation
  • 12.5. Reboot the System
• 13. Azure Linux
  • 13.1. Preparation
  • 13.2. Local Repository Installation
  • 13.3. Network Repository Installation
  • 13.4. Driver Installation
  • 13.5. Reboot the System
• 14. Advanced Options
  • 14.1. Switching between Driver Module Flavors
  • 14.2. Meta Packages
  • 14.3. Package Upgrades
    • 14.3.1. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8/9, Rocky Linux 8/9, Oracle Linux 8/9, KylinOS 10, Amazon Linux 2023
    • 14.3.2. Fedora 41
    • 14.3.3. Azure Linux 2 (CBL Mariner 2.0)
    • 14.3.4. SUSE Enterprise Linux Server 15, OpenSUSE Leap 15
    • 14.3.5. Debian 12, Ubuntu 20.04/22.04/24.04
  • 14.4. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8/9 Precompiled Streams
    • 14.4.1. Precompiled Streams Support Matrix
  • 14.5. Modularity Profiles
  • 14.6. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8/9 Kickstart Installation
  • 14.7. Version locking
    • 14.7.1. DNF 4
    • 14.7.2. DNF 5
  • 14.8. Restrict APT to Look for Specific Architectures
  • 14.9. APT Repository File not Found
  • 14.10. Verbose Versions when Using APT
• 15. GNOME Software Integration
  • 15.1. Driver Installation
  • 15.2. Secure Boot Preparation
  • 15.3. Machine Owner Key Enrollment
  • 15.4. Uninstallation
• 16. Optimus Laptops and Multi GPU Desktop Systems
  • 16.1. Power Management
    • 16.1.1. VGA Switcheroo (DRM Drivers Only)
  • 16.2. Selecting the GPU to Use when Running a Program from the Desktop
  • 16.3. Selecting the GPU to Use with switcherooctl
  • 16.4. Selecting the GPU to Use with Environment Variables
    • 16.4.1. OpenGL Context
    • 16.4.2. VA-API (Video Acceleration API) Context
    • 16.4.3. VDPAU Context
    • 16.4.4. Vulkan or EGL Context
    • 16.4.5. Forcing the Usage of X on a Specific GPU in a Wayland Context
• 17. Optional Components
  • 17.1. 32 bit (i686) packages for Linux x86_64
    • 17.1.1. Debian 12
    • 17.1.2. Ubuntu 20.04/22.04/24.04
    • 17.1.3. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8/9, Fedora 41
    • 17.1.4. SUSE Enterprise Linux Server 15, OpenSUSE Leap 15
  • 17.2. GPUDirect Storage
  • 17.3. NVSwitch
• 18. Tarballs and Zip Archive Deliverables
• 19. Post-installation Actions
  • 19.1. Persistence Daemon
  • 19.2. Verify the Driver Version
  • 19.3. Local Repository Removal
• 20. Removing the Driver
• 21. GPG Keys Used to Sign the Packages
• 22. Additional Considerations
• 23. Frequently Asked Questions
  • 23.1. Why do I see multiple “404 Not Found” errors when updating my repository meta-data on Ubuntu?
  • 23.2. How can I tell X to ignore a GPU for compute-only use?
  • 23.3. What do I do if the display does not load, or CUDA does not work, after performing a system update?
  • 23.4. How do I handle “Errors were encountered while processing: glx-diversions”?
  • 23.5. Unknown symbols in the kernel modules
• 24. Notices
  • 24.1. Notice
  • 24.2. OpenCL
  • 24.3. Trademarks