Nvidia Jetson Tx2 Ubuntu

L4t uses the unity desktop.

Nvidia jetson tx2 ubuntu. Many previous articles on installing tx2 recommend installing ubuntu 16 04 on the host computer. Nvidia jetson tx2 tip 7. There is a ubuntu desktop. I used a lattepanda alpha as a host computer.

This is one of those tips that many folks miss but the default tegra ubuntu installation actually has a ubuntu desktop environment by default. L4t is a custom version of ubuntu 18 04 with built in support for the jetson tegra processors. Lxde desktop on jetson tx2. This will completely restore your jetson back to a factory state except it will be running the latest version of ubuntu l4t of course.

To install xfce you will need to run apt get install no install recommends xorg xfce4 this will give you a minimal desktop experience. You can hook a hdmi monitor and a keyboard mouse up to the node immediately and get output. However as of november 2019 sdkmanager supports both 18 04 and 16 04 versions so you can use any version. The xfce4 desktop with no nvidia jetpack installed is 970mb when installed under ubuntu base.

The current versions of the jetson developer kits jetson nano jetson tx2 and jetson agx xavier are running l4t 32 2 x. First you will need to build the kernel and gadget snaps for the device. I have done this several times with my tx2 and it always works great. This repository contains scripts to create a tarball with all what is needed to flash ubuntu core 18 in a jetson tx1 tx2 nano xavier device.