Install Zivid on Jetson Linux

Open a terminal window by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T keys on the keyboard.

1. Create a temporary folder:

   mkdir Zivid && cd Zivid
   

2. Download all deb packages:

   Note

   On Jetson, Zivid uses the CUDA compute backend, so the main package is zivid-cuda.

   Note

   The JetPack SDK version you use, if you use JetPack, determines which Zivid deb packages to install.

   Zivid SDK	Jetson	Ubuntu [1]	Min. Jetson Linux	Min. JetPack SDK
   2.12 - 2.17	Orin	20.04	35.4.1 - 35.6.4	5.1.2 - 5.1.6
   2.18 & later	Orin	22.04	36.3 & later	6.0 & later
   2.18 & later	Orin and Thor	24.04	39.2 & later	7.2 & later

   [1]

   Ubuntu version that the major Jetson Linux version is based on, e.g. Nvidia Jetson Linux 35 is based on Ubuntu 20.04.

   For newer Jetson hardware or JetPack versions not listed here, contact support; the existing arm64 package may still work.

   Ubuntu 24.04

   wget \
   https://downloads.zivid.com/sdk/releases/2.18.0+1b44dbef-1/u24/arm64/zivid-cuda_2.18.0+1b44dbef-1_arm64.deb \
   https://downloads.zivid.com/sdk/releases/2.18.0+1b44dbef-1/u24/arm64/zivid-studio_2.18.0+1b44dbef-1_arm64.deb \
   https://downloads.zivid.com/sdk/releases/2.18.0+1b44dbef-1/u24/arm64/zivid-tools_2.18.0+1b44dbef-1_arm64.deb \
   https://downloads.zivid.com/sdk/releases/2.18.0+1b44dbef-1/u24/arm64/zivid-genicam_2.18.0+1b44dbef-1_arm64.deb
   

   Ubuntu 22.04

   wget \
   https://downloads.zivid.com/sdk/releases/2.18.0+1b44dbef-1/u22/arm64/zivid-cuda_2.18.0+1b44dbef-1_arm64.deb \
   https://downloads.zivid.com/sdk/releases/2.18.0+1b44dbef-1/u22/arm64/zivid-studio_2.18.0+1b44dbef-1_arm64.deb \
   https://downloads.zivid.com/sdk/releases/2.18.0+1b44dbef-1/u22/arm64/zivid-tools_2.18.0+1b44dbef-1_arm64.deb \
   https://downloads.zivid.com/sdk/releases/2.18.0+1b44dbef-1/u22/arm64/zivid-genicam_2.18.0+1b44dbef-1_arm64.deb
   

   Caution

   GenICam/HALCON support is experimental.

3. Install all packages:

   sudo apt update
   sudo apt install ./*.deb
   

4. Open Zivid Studio and check that no errors occur to verify that the installation was successful.

5. Set the Jetson to maximum performance mode:

   Note

   By default, Jetson Orin boards may boot in a reduced power profile that underclocks the GPU and limits the number of active streaming multiprocessors. This can roughly double the point cloud processing time observed by Zivid SDK compared to the maximum power profile (MAXN).

   To enable MAXN and lock all clocks to their highest frequencies, run:

   sudo nvpmodel -m 0 && sudo jetson_clocks
   

   You can confirm the current power profile with:

   sudo nvpmodel -q
   

   For more information, see NVIDIA’s official Jetson power management documentation.

6. Proceed to Network Configuration.

Version History

SDK	Changes
2.18.0	Added support for Ubuntu 24.04 on Jetson (Jetson Linux 39 / JetPack 7), including Jetson Thor. Dropped support for Ubuntu 20.04 on Jetson (Jetson Linux 35 / JetPack 5).