How to install NVIDIA Container Toolkit on Zorin 16.1?

[sharvinzlife]

How to install NVIDIA Container Toolkit on Zorin 16.1?

I'm getting error as unsupported distribution!

Check Repository configuration | libnvidia-container

[sharvinzlife]

Thanks, I will try with Ubuntu version ID. I'm building a media server with Zorin OS Pro Core with Plex, Sonarr, Radarr, Lidar, etc as Docker containers, but I need Plex to use my Nvidia drivers to transcode 4K contents.

I will update how the toolkit installation goes, thanks again.

[Aravisian]

@337harvey

Ubuntu 20.04 or Lubuntu 20.04 depending on whether you're using core or lite, respectively.

Correction: Xubuntu 20.04.

[sharvinzlife]

I'm getting Error while I try to install the nvidia-docker2 package (and dependencies) after updating the package listing, like 'E: Unable to locate package nvidia-docker2'

If anyone could help would be deeply appreciated.

[Aravisian]

You need to add the repository.
Here are the full instructions from the Nvidia Website:
https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/cloud-native/container-toolkit/install-guide.html

[sharvinzlife]

I followed the same instruction only?
How do I add the repository?

[Adithyansm]

Just run this command distribution=$(. /etc/os-release;echo $ID$VERSION_ID) \ && curl -fsSL https://nvidia.github.io/libnvidia-container/gpgkey | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/nvidia-container-toolkit-keyring.gpg \ && curl -s -L https://nvidia.github.io/libnvidia-container/$distribution/libnvidia-container.list | \ sed 's#deb https://#deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/nvidia-container-toolkit-keyring.gpg] https://#g' | \ sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nvidia-container-toolkit.list

[sharvinzlife]

Getting prompt like 'command not found'

[Adithyansm]

The command i gave you was from the installation guide
look:

Maybe @Aravisian can guide you through this

[Aravisian]

The spacing needs to be corrected...

distribution=$(. /etc/os-release;echo $ID$VERSION_ID) \ && curl -fsSL https://nvidia.github.io/libnvidia-container/gpgkey | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/nvidia-container-toolkit-keyring.gpg \ && curl -s -L https://nvidia.github.io/libnvidia-container/$distribution/libnvidia-container.list | \ sed 's#deb https://#deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/nvidia-container-toolkit-keyring.gpg] https://#g' | \ sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nvidia-container-toolkit.list

The Discourse forum software is altering the appearance (It is italicizing the tail). However, pasting it in terminal should still work.

[sharvinzlife]

Copied and pasted the code you given, getting the same error.

[Aravisian]

I just tested on my machine and got it as:

distribution=$(. /etc/os-release;echo $ID$VERSION_ID) \
         && curl -fsSL https://nvidia.github.io/libnvidia-container/gpgkey | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/nvidia-container-toolkit-keyring.gpg \
         && curl -s -L https://nvidia.github.io/libnvidia-container/$distribution/libnvidia-container.list | \
               sed 's#deb https://#deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/nvidia-container-toolkit-keyring.gpg] https://#g' | \
               sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nvidia-container-toolkit.list

That should go through...
Except... you should get a new error:

Unsupported distribution!

This is because Nvidia did not bother to include all distros for this package. They support only a few Big Name distros, only.

You might get it to go through by changing the ID from Zorin to Ubuntu in the /etc/os-release file... But this may cause other issues once the package updates, which should happen pretty quick. You would have to change the os-release file back to Zorin once you installed the package.

[sharvinzlife]

I have done that, now getting this!

[Aravisian]

Have you installed nvidia-docker2 before?
That is what it looks like it is requesting to overwrite...

[sharvinzlife]

No, I have not, I was stuck this point. When I tried nvidia-docker2 I was getting the error I quoted on my above comments.

[Aravisian]

Unsupported Distribution - same as I got. Nvidia needs to include other distros...

[sharvinzlife]

Got Stuck up! Shouldn't have paid for pro...

[Aravisian]

Please test this and see if it works:

distribution="ubuntu20.04" \
         && curl -fsSL https://nvidia.github.io/libnvidia-container/gpgkey | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/nvidia-container-toolkit-keyring.gpg \
         && curl -s -L https://nvidia.github.io/libnvidia-container/$distribution/libnvidia-container.list | \
               sed 's#deb https://#deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/nvidia-container-toolkit-keyring.gpg] https://#g' | \
               sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nvidia-container-toolkit.list

Replace distribution=$(. /etc/os-release;echo $ID$VERSION_ID) with distribution="ubuntu20.04"

[sharvinzlife]

@Aravisian

"ubuntu20.04"

That worked like a charm! Awesome <3 Thanks!