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# A03 R9 ❯ NVIDIA: Installation on 9.x

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📆 Last modified 2023-05-22
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# 🌟 Introduction

This is a dedicated example for the AlmaLinux 9.x series, demonstrating how to install NVIDIA graphics driver using one of two variants:

  • Variant I: Precompiled/Binary Driver
  • Variant II: Compile Driver Source

# 🔖 Variant I: Install Binary Driver

➡️ Enable PowerTools:

sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled powertools
sudo dnf makecache

➡️ Add EPEL9

sudo dnf -y install epel-release
sudo dnf upgrade

➡️ Add NVIDIA Repository:

sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/rhel9/x86_64/cuda-rhel9.repo
sudo dnf makecache

➡️ Install the latest NVIDIA driver:

sudo dnf module install nvidia-driver:latest

➡️ Install third-party libraries for CUDA:

sudo dnf install freeglut-devel libX11-devel libXi-devel libXmu-devel make mesa-libGLU-devel freeimage-devel libglfw3-devel

# 🔖 Variant II: Compile Driver Source

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Installing NVIDIA drivers on AlmaLinux 9 requires using ELRepo Mainline kernel.

# ELRepo releated steps

➡️ Enable CodeReady Builder & add EPEL9:

sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb
sudo dnf makecache && sudo dnf -y install epel-release
sudo dnf makecache

➡️ Add ELRepo:

rpm --import https://www.elrepo.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-elrepo.org
sudo dnf -y install https://www.elrepo.org/elrepo-release-9.el9.elrepo.noarch.rpm
sudo dnf makecache

➡️ Enable ELRepo Mainline Kernel Repo:

sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled elrepo-kernel
sudo dnf makecache

➡️ Install ELrepo Mainline kernel:

sudo dnf -y install kernel-ml kernel-ml-modules kernel-ml-modules-extra kernel-ml-devel kernel-headers

➡️ Add NVIDIA repository:

sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/rhel9/x86_64/cuda-rhel9.repo
sudo dnf makecache

➡️ Install NVIDIA DKMS Drivers:

sudo dnf module install nvidia-driver:latest-dkms

➡️ Disable Nouveau:

printf 'blacklist nouveau\n' | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/nouveau-blacklist.conf
sudo dracut -f --regenerate-all
lsmod | grep -Ei '(nouv|nvidia)'

➡️ Reboot to runlevel 3:

sudo systemctl set-default multi-user.target
sudo reboot
sudo systemctl set-default graphical.target
sudo reboot

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