Installing NVIDIA Build-FS

Note:

Prior to installing NVIDIA Build-FS, ensure that NVIDIA DRIVE OS Linux SDK is installed on the system. A compatible version of NVIDIA DRIVE OS must be installed corresponding to the version of NVIDIA Build-FS to be installed.

Note:

Prior to installing NVIDIA Build-FS, ensure that NVIDIA CopyTarget is installed on the system. A compatible version of NVIDIA CopyTarget must be installed corresponding to the version of NVIDIA Build-FS to be installed. For installation instructions, see Installing CopyTarget.

The NVIDIA Build-FS tool is automatically installed as a part of DRIVE OS installation at /opt/nvidia/driveos/common/filesystems/build-fs/<version>/. The following instructions specify manual installation steps if DRIVE OS installation is not performed.

  1. Download nv-driveos-common-build-fs-<NV_BUILD_FS_VERSION>_<NV_BUILD_FS_VERSION>_amd64.deb.
  2. Install Debian package nv-driveos-common-build-fs<NV_BUILD_FS_VERSION>_<NV_BUILD_FS_VERSION>_amd64.deb using the apt package manager.
  3. NVIDIA Build-FS is installed to /opt/nvidia/driveos/common/filesystems/build-fs/<NV_BUILD_FS_VERSION>/.

The following example is a walkthrough to install NVIDIA Build-FS from a BASH terminal.

# Change directory to the location where nv-driveos-common-build-fs<NV_BUILD_FS_VERSION>_<NV_BUILD_FS_VERSION>_amd64.deb has been downloaded to. In this example, 
the Debian has been downloaded to ~/Downloads/.
nvidia@nvidia:~$ cd ~/Downloads/
# Install NVIDIA Build-FS.
nvidia@nvidia:~/Downloads/$ sudo apt install ./nv-driveos-common-build-fs<NV_BUILD_FS_VERSION>_<NV_BUILD_FS_VERSION>_amd64.deb
# Verify NVIDIA Build-FS has been installed successfully using the
 --version command argument. The version reported should match that which 
has been installed; in this example, NVIDIA Build-FS version 9 has been installed.
nvidia@nvidia:~/Downloads/$ /opt/nvidia/driveos/common/filesystems/build-fs/<NV_BUILD_FS_VERSION>/bin/build_fs.py --version
Build-FS Version:  <NV_BUILD_FS_VERSION>