What should I pick here (Driver install)

General system Newbie
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I was trying to install steam when it asked what drivers I want to install. I use nvidia so I would guess nvidia-utils but what’s the best one to pick?

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That would be my guess as well.I do not use steam but I do not see anything else with nvidia to use there.

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If you are using the proprietary drivers, you want lib32-nvidia-utils

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I don’t remember if I installed with open source drivers or proprietary. Is there anyway to check?

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pacman -Q | grep nvidia

If you have nvidia-utils installed then choose lib32-nvidia-utils

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sudo pacman -S steam
resolving dependencies...
:: There are 7 providers available for lib32-vulkan-driver:
:: Repository multilib
   1) lib32-amdvlk  2) lib32-nvidia-utils  3) lib32-vulkan-intel  4) lib32-vulkan-nouveau
   5) lib32-vulkan-radeon  6) lib32-vulkan-swrast  7) lib32-vulkan-virtio

Enter a number (default=1): 2
looking for conflicting packages...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: installing nvidia-utils (565.57.01-2) breaks dependency 'nvidia-utils=560.35.03' required by nvidia

And also

pacman -Q | grep nvidia
nvidia 560.35.03-15
nvidia-inst 24.10.1-1
nvidia-utils 560.35.03-16
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Try:

sudo pacman -Syu steam

You shouldn’t install software without updating the system first(or at the same time).

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TIL. Still, I suppose it makes sense when I think about it a bit.

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