I see that nvidia-inst is already included int EndeavourOS WIKI. As useful and comprenhensive as nvidia-inst is, shouldn’t this wonderful nvidia halper utility be included as part of EndeavourOS ISOs alongside the other EOS-specific apps? Perhaps even include it as a part of the EndeavorOS Welcome app?
I only bring this up because it seems that new EndeavourOS users seem to post questions on the forum regarding Nvidid drivers. Usually, these posts have a response linking to @manuel’s original nividia-inst post or the WIKI.
Maybe I understand this wrong but this is taken from the website , so it seems already included (or at least something like that )
Nvidia – NVIDIA support has been significantly improved. Previously, the ISO always included the standard nvidia package by default. Now, the system automatically detects the GPU during ISO boot and installs the correct driver — either nvidia or nvidia-open.
Support for nvidia-open has been added both to the ISO environment and to the installer. The detection process ensures that the appropriate modules are loaded in the Live Session and correctly installed onto the target system.
In short, NVIDIA driver handling is fully automatic, supports both GPU families, and uses the correct modules for your GPU at every stage when booting ISO using the Nvidia boot option.
That is just a description on how EOS handles installing Nvidia drivers on a new install. Not the nvidia-inst app itself. It was not installed by default, I had to install nvidia-inst.
By looking at the installer code the nvidia-inst package is not installed when
at ISO boot, user chose the default entry without Nvidia’s driver
installed in the offline mode
It is true that it may be needed less than before due to the installer handling the driver with the latest ISO.
But there are other uses for nvidia-inst when its options come useful, such as installing dkms or non-dkms version, installing prime support, or installing 32-bit packages for gaming.
