Jetpack 6.0 to 6.1 Upgrade: 'upgrade-jetpack' vs 'Upgradable Compute Stack'?

Robotics & Edge Computing Jetson & Embedded Systems Jetson AGX Orin
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Sorry, I am a beginner. I want to ask what the difference is between ‘upgrade-jetpack’ https://docs.nvidia.com/jetson/jetpack/install-setup/index.html#upgrade-jetpackand ‘Upgradable Compute Stack’ https://docs.nvidia.com/jetson/jetpack/install-setup/index.html#upgradable-compute-stack. My current Jetpack version is 6.0, and I want to upgrade to 6.1. Which method should I use? My understanding is that I should use the ‘upgrade-jetpack’ method. Is my understanding correct? And, what is the ‘Upgradable Compute Stack’ used for?

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Hi,
If you use AGX Orin developer kit and would like to upgrade from Jetpack 6.0GA(r36.3) to 6.1(r36.4), please run the commands:

Software Packages and the Update Mechanism — NVIDIA Jetson Linux Developer Guide 1 documentation

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Thank you very much, but please forgive my over-checking, I just want to confirm one more time. My device is the Jetson AGX Orin, If I want to upgrade from Jetpack 6.0 GA (r36.3) to 6.1 (r36.4), the steps I should follow are 'Updating to a New Point Release’https://docs.nvidia.com/jetson/archives/r36.4/DeveloperGuide/SD/SoftwarePackagesAndTheUpdateMechanism.html#updating-to-a-new-point-release rather than 'Updating to a New Minor Release’https://docs.nvidia.com/jetson/archives/r36.4/DeveloperGuide/SD/SoftwarePackagesAndTheUpdateMechanism.html#updating-to-a-new-minor-release. Is my understanding correct?

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Hi,

Yes, r36.4 is a new point release. Please note it’s for developer kit.

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Yes, My device is the Jetson AGX Orin developer kit. I followed the command of “Updating to a New Point Release”:
sudo apt update
apt list --upgradable
sudo apt upgrade
and then, I rebooted my device.
My question is: How to see whether my deivce update to 36.4 success or not. Before and after updating, I use “cat /etc/nv_tegra_release” command to check the version of the NVIDIA JetPack software, but the output both are the same:

R36 (release), REVISION: 3.0, GCID: 36923193, BOARD: generic, EABI: aarch64, DATE: Fri Jul 19 23:24:25 UTC 2024

KERNEL_VARIANT: oot

TARGET_USERSPACE_LIB_DIR=nvidia
TARGET_USERSPACE_LIB_DIR_PATH=usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/nvidia
The version looked the same. So, is there anything wrong?

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Hi,
My apology that the description in document may be confusing. For upgrading from r36.3 to r36.4, please do

Software Packages and the Update Mechanism — NVIDIA Jetson Linux Developer Guide 1 documentation

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