BSP Installation#

BSP Installation Options#

BSP Installation Options BSP Installation Options

Comparison#

πŸš€ Jetson ISO

πŸ› οΈ SDK Manager

πŸ“œ Flash script

πŸ“‹ Short Summary

USB installation disk to flash BSP (plus alpha)

GUI software to flash BSP and install JetPack packages

Ubuntu script to flash BSP

πŸ–₯️ Ubuntu Host PC

❌ Not required

βœ… Required

βœ… Required

⏱️ Flash time

⚑ Less than 15 min

βŒ› About 30 min

βŒ› About 30 min

πŸ”§ Install BSP?

βœ… Yes

βœ… Yes

βœ… Yes

🐳 Install Docker?

βœ… Yes

πŸ’‘ Yes, when chosen in 2nd stage

❌ No

πŸ“¦ Install JetPack components

❌ No

πŸ’‘ Yes, when chosen in 2nd stage

❌ No

πŸ‘₯ Who is this for?

🌟 Everybody including beginner

πŸ§‘β€πŸ’» Who has an Ubuntu PC

πŸ› οΈ Product Developers

Option 1. πŸš€ β€œJetson ISO” Installation USB#

Recommended for everybody.

This method is what’s illustrated in the Quick Start Guide.

Option 2. πŸ› οΈ NVIDIA SDK Manager#

See Jetson section of SDK Manager documentation.

https://docs.nvidia.com/sdk-manager/install-with-sdkm-jetson/index.html

Option 3. πŸ“œ β€œLinux_for_Tegra” flash script#

See Jetson Linux Developer Guide.

Caution

Below links are for the latest available version of the Linux Developer Guide. The one for r38.1 is not available yet.

https://docs.nvidia.com/jetson/archives/r36.4.4/DeveloperGuide/IN/QuickStart.html https://docs.nvidia.com/jetson/archives/r36.4.4/DeveloperGuide/SD/FlashingSupport.html