First Use

Important!Important!Important

Do not use sudo apt-get upgrade and sudo apt-get dist-upgrade .
Do not use sudo apt upgrade and sudo apt dist-upgrade .

To prevent automatic upgraded :

Modify /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgrades (if this file doesn’t exist, please create it)

APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "0";
APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "0";

Disable and stop apt-daily timers

sudo systemctl disable apt-daily.timer
sudo systemctl disable apt-daily-upgrade.timer
sudo systemctl stop apt-daily.timer
sudo systemctl stop apt-daily-upgrade.timer

Jetpack

	OS	Kernel	CUDA
JetPack 6	Ubuntu 22.04	5.15	12

The following commands will install all other JetPack components that correspond to your version of Jetson Linux L4T:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install nvidia-jetpack
sudo apt-cache show nvidia-jetpack

jtop

sudo apt update
sudo apt install python3-pip
sudo pip3 install -U jetson-stats

browser

If the browser fails to open after installation, please follow the steps below:

snap download snapd --revision=24724
sudo snap ack snapd_24724.assert
sudo snap install snapd_24724.snap

nvpmodel

	7W	15W	25W	MAXN_SUPER
Jetson Orin Nano 8GB	Mode ID 0	Mode ID 1	N/A	N/A
Jetson Orin Nano 8GB SUPER	N/A	Mode ID 0	Mode ID 1	Mode ID 2

	MAXN_SUPER	MAXN	10W	15W	20W	40W
Jetson Orin NX 8GB	N/A	Mode ID 0	Mode ID 1	Mode ID 2	Mode ID 3	N/A
Jetson Orin NX 8GB SUPER	Mode ID 0	N/A	Mode ID 1	Mode ID 2	Mode ID 3	Mode ID 4

	MAXN_SUPER	MAXN	10W	15W	25W	40W
Jetson Orin NX 16GB	N/A	Mode ID 0	Mode ID 1	Mode ID 2	Mode ID 3	N/A
Jetson Orin NX 16GB SUPER	Mode ID 0	N/A	Mode ID 1	Mode ID 2	Mode ID 3	Mode ID 4

Commands

get power mode: sudo nvpmodel -q
set power mode: sudo nvpmodel -m <x>
- <x> is the power Mode ID (for example, 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4).

GUI

To switch the current power mode, click the NVIDIA icon to open a dropdown menu from the icon
Click “Power mode” to open a submenu of power modes

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