What exactly does nvidia-inst do?

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I installed my Nvidia drivers with nvidia-inst, but what exactly does it do under the hood?

In terms of packages, are there some packages that covers of what it does?
Also, if I want to install Nvidia drivers the arch-way, what would be the exact equivalent of nvidia-inst?

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Detects needed driver & somewhat simplifies installation process:
https://discovery.endeavouros.com/nvidia/new-nvidia-driver-installer-nvidia-inst/2022/03/

None. You just follow Arch Wiki:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA

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I don’t get it.
Is it closed source?

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Its open source and hosted on EndeavourOS repos.

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Thanks.

Does that mean I can install it on pure arch and then use it as I would?
Or is it tailored somehow to EOS?

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You’ll have to add the EndeavourOS repo to /etc/pacman.conf

[endeavouros]
SigLevel = PackageRequired
Include = /etc/pacman.d/endeavouros-mirrorlist

And also put the mirrorlist at /etc/pacman.d/endeavouros-mirrorlist

No. It should work on Arch just fine.

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