As said in the documentation, a host with Linux Ubuntu x64 14.04 or 16.04 LTS is needed to put DriveInstall on my Drive PX2. But is it possible to install it form an older version (18.XX) or from a virtual machine (with of course Linux Ubuntu x64 14.04 or 16.04 LTS in)?
If you just want to use nsight to write an application for the Drive PX using the Driveworks SDK you could do that with a vm - the normal Driveworks installer works. But to build your project you will have to use a native ubuntu system with a nvidia graphics card. If you have a restriced number of linux machines, you could set up a build server one.