Upgrading DGX OS Desktop Software on DGX Station
DGX Station DU-08255-001 _v4.6|26
1. Download information from all configured sources about the latest versions of the
packages.
$ sudo apt update
2. Install the dgxstation-release-updates-repo package.
$ sudo apt install -y dgxstation-release-updates-repo
release
The code name of the Ubuntu OS release on which your DGX OS Desktop release is
based. For example, if you are running a DGX OS Desktop 4 release, which is based on
Ubuntu 18.04, release is bionic.
This example installs the dgxstation-bionic-updates-repo.
$ sudo apt install -y dgxstation-bionic-updates-repo
3. After installing the dgxstation-release-updates-repo package, download information
from all configured sources about the latest versions of the packages again.
$ sudo apt update
4. Review the available updates by simulating an upgrade of the packages.
$ sudo apt -s full-upgrade
5. Install all available updates for your current DGX OS Desktop release.
$ sudo apt -y full-upgrade
6. When the upgrade is complete, restart your DGX Station.
Any upgrade to the NVIDIA Graphics Drivers for Linux requires a restart.
If you upgrade the NVIDIA Graphics Drivers for Linux without restarting the DGX Station,
running the nvidia-smi command displays an error message.
$ nvidia-smi
Failed to initialize NVML: Driver/library version mismatch
3.4. Available DGX Station Software
Updates
Updates to DGX Station are made available through standard Ubuntu repositories.
DGX Station is preset to obtain from these repositories updates to the following software:
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Docker
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Software that is exclusive to the DGX Station, including the CUDA Toolkit and CUDA Drivers
packages
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Ubuntu software
For more information about repositories, see Repositories/Ubuntu (https://help.ubuntu.com/
community/Repositories/Ubuntu) on the Ubuntu Community Help Wiki.
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