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NVIDIA Introduces Precompiled Driver Packages for RHEL 8 to Streamline Installs

Oct 09, 2020
By Nefi Alarcon
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  • NVIDIA now offers precompiled drivers tested and packaged for targeted kernel versions, enabling faster installation, updates, and boot-up with reduced external dependencies.
  • Developers can use NVIDIA kernel module (kmod) packages and modularity stream support on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (available on RHEL 8.2 and newer on x86_64 architecture) to access these drivers.
  • Leveraging modularity streams on RHEL 8 simplifies and streamlines NVIDIA driver deployment in complex software environments.

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Nvidia is now offering precompiled drivers that are tested and packaged for targeted kernel versions. Precompiled drivers enable faster, seamless installation and driver updates, faster boot-up, and have reduced dependencies on external tools and repositories.

Developers can now take advantage of NVIDIA precompiled drivers quite easily, using our kernel module (kmod) packages and modularity stream support on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (available on RHEL 8.2 and newer on x86_64 architecture).

Leveraging modularity streams on RHEL8 for driver installation will vastly simplify and streamline the deployment of Nvidia drivers overall in complex software environments.

Driver installation and update will no longer be a cumbersome process.

For more details on how to access modularity streams and precompiled driver packages on RHEL, check out the NVIDIA Developer blog, and watch the on-demand GTC session linked below:

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Nefi Alarcon
About Nefi Alarcon
Nefi Alarcon is a senior executive communications manager on NVIDIA's leadership team. He has years of media relations and communication experience, and has previously worked at Google, Mozilla, and CNN. He received his bachelor's degree in Journalism from George Washington University.

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