How To Install nvidia-fs-dkms on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-fs-dkms
on Debian 12.
What is nvidia-fs-dkms
nvidia-fs-dkms is:
GPUDirect Storage (GDS) enables a direct data path for direct memory access (DMA) transfers between GPU memory and storage, which avoids a bounce buffer through the CPU.
This package builds the nvidia-fs.ko kernel driver.
There are three methods to install nvidia-fs-dkms
on Debian 12. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install nvidia-fs-dkms Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-fs-dkms
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-fs-dkms
Install nvidia-fs-dkms Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-fs-dkms
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nvidia-fs-dkms
Install nvidia-fs-dkms Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-fs-dkms
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-fs-dkms
How To Uninstall nvidia-fs-dkms on Debian 12
To uninstall only the nvidia-fs-dkms
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nvidia-fs-dkms
Uninstall nvidia-fs-dkms And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nvidia-fs-dkms
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nvidia-fs-dkms
Remove nvidia-fs-dkms Configurations and Data
To remove nvidia-fs-dkms
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-fs-dkms
Remove nvidia-fs-dkms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nvidia-fs-dkms
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-fs-dkms
Dependencies
nvidia-fs-dkms have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-fs-dkms
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.