Nvidia-smi missing for 565 drivers (Debian 12 packages)?

Graphics / Linux Linux
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I’m using the repository at Index of /compute/cuda/repos/debian12/x86_64 for the NVidia drivers and CUDA libraries on a HPC system. In this repository there are the drivers version 565, however the nvidia-smi package is stuck at version 560.35.03-1. Because this nvidia-smi package depends on libnvidia-ml1=560.35.03-1, while the repository has libnvidia-ml1=565.57.01-1, the nvidia-smi deb is uninstallable.

Is the updated nvidia-smi pacakge is missing? Or is nvidia-smi now part of another deb package?

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The nvidia-smi package have not been updated.
nvidia-open_565.57.01-1_amd64.deb - > 2024-10-21 17:34
nvidia-smi_560.35.03-1_amd64.deb → 2024-07-26 21:30

You should report this to your distro packager.

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This is about the nvidia debian12 repo, not the official debian one.
This one is owned by nvidia and they just released half the packages, please fix

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@fhimpe @edpil021

Hi, please install the meta package cuda-drivers
it will install all packages. nvidia-smi binary also has moved from nvidia-smi to the nvidia-cuda-driver package.

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As you mentioned, it seems the nvidia-smi updates are lagging behind. To resolve the installation issues caused by dependency version conflicts with nvidia-smi, I have installed all dependencies by explicitly specifying their versions to match the latest version of nvidia-smi (560.35.03-1).
Below is the list of dependencies for your reference:

P.S.
The list includes not only nvidia-smi but also CUDA drivers and related dependencies.

/bin/apt-get \
install \
nvidia-smi=560.35.03-1 \
firmware-nvidia-gsp=560.35.03-1 \
libegl-nvidia0=560.35.03-1 \
libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx=560.35.03-1 \
libglx-nvidia0=560.35.03-1 \
libnvidia-ml1=560.35.03-1 \
nvidia-driver-libs=560.35.03-1 \
nvidia-driver=560.35.03-1 \
nvidia-egl-icd=560.35.03-1 \
nvidia-kernel-dkms=560.35.03-1 \
nvidia-vdpau-driver=560.35.03-1 \
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia=560.35.03-1 \
nvidia-kernel-support=560.35.03-1 \
cuda-drivers-560=560.35.03-1 \
nvidia-opencl-common=560.35.03-1  \
nvidia-opencl-icd=560.35.03-1 \
libcuda1=560.35.03-1 \
libnvidia-nvvm4=560.35.03-1 \
libnvidia-ptxjitcompiler1=560.35.03-1 \
libnvidia-pkcs11-openssl3=560.35.03-1 \
libcudadebugger1=560.35.03-1 \
libnvcuvid1=560.35.03-1 \
libnvidia-fbc1=560.35.03-1 \
libnvoptix1=560.35.03-1 \
libnvidia-encode1=560.35.03-1 \
libnvidia-opticalflow1=560.35.03-1
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Could you please explain what the “meta package cuda-drivers” is?

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I can understand the change, but I missed that information in the cuda >=12.7> and associated nvidia drivers>= 565 release notes.

Thanks

Tru

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this is so frustrating!, it’s from nov 2024, i’m at end of January 2025. I still can’t install nvidia-smi properly on debian.
i’m running pur debian 12. downloading the nvidia drivers from the site doesn’t work and not recommended by debian because it breaks stuff and make the screen black (literally had to reinstall my os) and i can’t use nvidia smi without some wierd roleback.

:( :( :(

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I agree. Where is the support? Some programs refuse to work if nvidia-smi is not found, stating no gpu devices found.

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+1 I have spent few days to prepare my debian 12 and broke it because of this problem. Nvidia sucks a lot. Guys, with debian 12 do you know if we only use debian depot and not nvidia depot we can use nvidia-smi ?
With debian depot, on debian 11 it was working very well.
Thanks

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Please kindly read this thread carefully before asking the same question over and over again…
For the n’th time: nvidia-smi has been moved to nvidia-driver-cuda package. More generally, make sure that you have one of the nvidia-open or cuda-drivers meta packages installed as is wRitten in The Fine Manual…