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title: Broadcaster V18
slug: zixi-broadcaster-v18/broadcaster-v18
createdAt: 2024-12-19T18:09:03.584Z
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Broadcaster V18 requires a CUDA 12.2 (or later CUDA 12.x version - CUDA 13.x versions have **not** been tested and may or may not work) and the driver version to be >= 535.  If you are upgrading from V16, you will have an older NVIDIA driver and will see an error like this on the Broadcaster Status page:

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and an error like the following on the Inputs page:

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**Amazon Linux 2023 (AMI al2023-ami-2023.3.20240108.0-kernel-6.1-x86\_64):**

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Update the OS and install development tools:

```bash
dnf -y upgrade
dnf -y groupinstall "Development Tools"
dnf -y install kernel-modules-extra
```
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Retrieve and launch the correct installer for the architecture:

- For X86 64-bit machines, install the following NVIDIA Linux driver:

```bash
wget http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/535.129.03/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.129.03.run
chmod 777 NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.129.03.run
./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.129.03.run
```

- On an ARM based machine with NVIDIA, download the following driver:

```bash
wget https://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/aarch64/535.129.03/NVIDIA-Linux-aarch64-535.129.03.run
chmod 777 NVIDIA-Linux-aarch64-535.129.03.run
./NVIDIA-Linux-aarch64-535.129.03.run
```


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**Rocky Linux 9 Optimized for GCP (x86/64, x86\_64 built on 20240111):**

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Update the OS and install development tools:

```bash
dnf -y upgrade
dnf -y groupinstall "Development Tools"
dnf -y install vulkan-loader libglvnd-devel wget
```
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Reboot to load the latest kernel from the upgrade.
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Retrieve and launch the installer:

```bash
wget http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/535.129.03/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.129.03.run
chmod 777 NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.129.03.run
./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.129.03.run
```
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Rocky Linux 9.4 requires driver version 550.54.14 or later.
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**Rocky Linux 9 – Free – x64 Gen2 on Azure (official image from Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation):**

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Update the OS and install development tools:

```bash
dnf -y upgrade
dnf -y groupinstall "Development Tools"
dnf -y install vulkan-loader libglvnd-devel wget
```
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Reboot to load the latest kernel from the upgrade.
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Retrieve and launch the installer:

```bash
wget http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/535.129.03/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.129.03.run
chmod 777 NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.129.03.run
./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.129.03.run
```
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Rocky Linux 9.5 requires driver version 550.54.14 or later.
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**To upgrade to a new version of the NVIDIA driver:**

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Using the existing installer or any installer version use the --uninstall option.

- For X86 64-bit machines

```bash
./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-xxx.xxx.xx.run –uninstall
```

- On an ARM based machine with NVIDIA

```bash
./NVIDIA-Linux-aarch64-xxx.xxx.xx.run --uninstall
```

- Then reboot to load the kernel with the NVIDIA driver removed
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Retrieve and install the new version as described above.
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