Ubuntu packaging changes for 590+ From branch 590 onward the Ubuntu packages will no longer have the branch in the name (ex. libnvidia-compute-580 → libnvidia-compute), so the installation procedure will change slightly. Compared to packages up to and including 580, the upgrade will no longer be an …

Version locking use cases Aligned packages All packages are aligned to the same driver branch, including ones that were never consistent (nvidia-modprobe. etc.). # apt-get -V dist-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done Calculating up…

still can’t understand when I install nvidia-driver-pinning-580, nvidia modprobe not installed. Driver not loaded after I add lock to apt sources like here – Version locking — NVIDIA Driver Installation Guide I have all version of 580, but ! Failed to initialize NVML: Driver/library version mism…

It seems you still have 590 components installed. Please do the following: $ dpkg -l | grep -E '580|590' $ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/version

Nope ( after full remove and reinstall base driver 580 with version locks (not pinned) still the same cat /proc/driver/nvidia/version NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 580.105.08 Wed Oct 29 23:15:11 UTC 2025 GCC version: gcc version 13.3.0 (Ubuntu 13.3.0-6ubuntu2~24.04) 79.16156…

is it possible that you are running nvidia-smi from some container or chroot’ed environment? I’ve made such a mistake before ;-) In case of Chrome it may be a Flatpak container.

Hello @scaronni , I’ve noticed that v590 of the documentation has been published at Driver Installation Guide — NVIDIA Driver Installation Guide , but it still mentions only version 12 for Debian. Does it mean that Debian-13 is not officially supported regardless of the apt repo release at Index of …

There will also be another update today which adds Debian 13 in the other sections where appropriate.

I know this is probably FrankenDebian territory, but out of curiosity, does NVIDIA provide any repositories that will support Debian testing or unstable? Or are the release-specific repositories intentionally tied to particular Debian Stable versions due to the exact versions of system libraries, ke…

[image] wav10001: I know this is probably FrankenDebian territory, but out of curiosity, does NVIDIA provide any repositories that will support Debian testing or unstable? Officially no: these are too much of a moving target. In practice, since Forky (testing) has been branched from Trixie (…

Ubuntu packaging changes for 590+, branch and version locking for Debian/Ubuntu

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scaronni December 16, 2025, 1:02pm 9

Debian 13 is in the list of supported distributions: Introduction — NVIDIA Driver Installation Guide

DC apt repos for Debian-13 pretty please?

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Ubuntu packaging changes for 590+, branch and version locking for Debian/Ubuntu

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