NVIDIA DRIVE Downloads
The NVIDIA SDK Manager gives access to all the necessary software for all active NVIDIA DRIVE™ development platforms. Please follow the steps below to get the latest version available for your hardware.
Requires membership to the NVIDIA DRIVE Developer Program for DRIVE AGX
Supported Hardware:
- NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Xavier™
- NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Pegasus™
DriveWorks SDK v2.0 APIs
- DRIVE Core
- DRIVE Calibration
- DRIVE Networks
DRIVE AV v2.0
- DRIVE Perception
DRIVE IX SDK
- Driver Monitoring System
- DRIVE Hub
Requires membership to the NVIDIA DRIVE Developer Program for DRIVE PX 2
Supported Hardware:
- NVIDIA DRIVE™ PX 2
DriveWorks SDK v1.2 APIs
- DRIVE Core
- DRIVE Calibration
- DRIVE Networks
Installation process for DRIVE AGX and DRIVE PX 2
System requirements for the development workstation
- Software:
- Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS x86_64
- X11 enabled on the host system
- Hardware:
- Memory: 8GB of RAM
- Hard disk: 120 GB of free disk space for the complete host and target deployed SDK version.
- Graphics card: NVIDIA Pascal (or newer) GPU (required only for running the sample applications on the host machine).
- A working Internet connection.
If you plan to run your sample applications on your development workstation, please ensure your system includes an NVIDIA Pascal based (or newer) GPU and that the latest NVIDIA GPU graphics driver is installed.
Setting up the development environment for DRIVE Software and DRIVE OS
- REVIEW DOCUMENTATION
- SDK Manager User Guide [online]
- NVIDIA DRIVE AGX System Installation with NVIDIA SDK Manager Quickstart Guide
- DRIVE AGX Developer Kit Flashing Technical Bulletin (05/23/19)
- DOWNLOAD NVIDIA SDK Manager
- [DRIVE AGX ONLY] UPDATE the PCIe SWITCH FIRMWARE
- INSTALL
- LAUNCH
- LOGIN & SETUP
- From the SDK Manager launch screen, select the login tab for DEVELOPER ZONE | developer.nvidia.com.
- Enter the same credentials used to access the DRIVE Platform Download Center, and click Login.
- Select the Software version you would like to install and follow the steps to complete the installation.
NOTE: For the most up to date documentation please refer to the documentation page as these are more frequently updated than the ones installed through the SDK Manager.
Before upgrading to a new release please verify and update the PCIe switch firmware on your DRIVE AGX System before proceeding. Refer to the documentation to identify your current firmware, if different from 0x40014001, download the restricted-pdk.run utility and follow the upgrade procedure.
From a terminal window, install the Debian package with the command: sudo apt install ./sdkmanager_0.9.12-4180_amd64.deb
From a terminal window, launch SDK Manager with the command: sdkmanager
Additional Resources
- SDK Manager uses open source software
- Older NVIDIA DRIVE versions - Downloads Archive
- Deep Learning Libraries - Software Page
- Profiling and Debugging Tools - Software Page

