NVIDIA-Driver Setup for Debian Bookworm

These bash scripts are intended for use with Debian Bookworm and an NVIDIA GPU. Please only use these scripts if you are using an NVIDIA GPU.

Important: You need to uninstall any previously installed NVIDIA drivers before using these scripts.

Scripts Overview

• nv_debian_upgrade_su.sh: Script with German texts (echoes).
• nv_debian_upgrade_su_eng.sh: Script with English texts (echoes).
• nv_debian_upgrade_sudo.sh: Script with German texts (echoes).
• nv_debian_upgrade_sudo_eng.sh: Script with English texts (echoes).

Script Functionality

The script performs the following tasks:

1. Adds contrib and non-free repositories to your sources.list.
2. Adds the Backports Repository (bookworm-backports).
3. Installs the latest backports kernel, kernel headers, DKMS, and firmware non-free.
4. Pulls and installs the NVIDIA Keyring.
5. Adds the NVIDIA Debian 12 Repository to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/.
6. Prompts you to choose between installing either the NVIDIA Open Driver or the CUDA Drivers (closed-source).

Usage

Please use at your own risk!

The best use case is for a fresh installation of Debian 12 with an NVIDIA GPU (which is not working properly, e.g., no boot to the desktop environment), and you want to install a more modern driver.

Steps

After pulling the repository, you need to make the scripts executable and you have to be in the directory of the pulled scripts on your machine:

chmod +x <scriptname.sh>
./scriptname.sh