Install OpenVINO using APT on Ubuntu

Enable-NPU.md

Reference: https://github.com/intel/linux-npu-driver/releases/tag/v1.8.0

First we need to install the NPU drivers.

• Ubuntu 24.04

  # 1. wget all the driver deb packages
  wget https://github.com/intel/linux-npu-driver/releases/download/v1.8.0/intel-driver-compiler-npu_1.8.0.20240916-10885588273_ubuntu24.04_amd64.deb
  wget https://github.com/intel/linux-npu-driver/releases/download/v1.8.0/intel-fw-npu_1.8.0.20240916-10885588273_ubuntu24.04_amd64.deb
  wget https://github.com/intel/linux-npu-driver/releases/download/v1.8.0/intel-level-zero-npu_1.8.0.20240916-10885588273_ubuntu24.04_amd64.deb
  
  # 2. install dependency libtbb12
  sudo apt update
  sudo apt install libtbb12
  
  # 3. install all packages
  sudo dpkg -i *.deb
  
  # 4. install level-zero
  wget https://github.com/oneapi-src/level-zero/releases/download/v1.17.6/level-zero_1.17.6+u22.04_amd64.deb
  dpkg -i level-zero*.deb
  
  # 5. reboot
  reboot
  # after reboot
  ls /dev/accel/accel0
  # should be able to see /dev/accel/accel0 if everything is OK

Then We need to enable user access to the NPU devices:

1. Configure the render group:

   # set the render group for accel device
   sudo chown root:render /dev/accel/accel0
   sudo chmod g+rw /dev/accel/accel0
   # add user to the render group
   sudo usermod -a -G render <user-name>
   # user needs to restart the session to use the new group (log out and log in)

2. Configure udev rules:

   sudo bash -c "echo 'SUBSYSTEM==\"accel\", KERNEL==\"accel*\", GROUP=\"render\", MODE=\"0660\"' > /etc/udev/rules.d/10-intel-vpu.rules"
   sudo udevadm control --reload-rules
   sudo udevadm trigger --subsystem-match=accel

Install.md

Reference: https://docs.openvino.ai/2024/get-started/install-openvino/install-openvino-apt.html

Note: Since the apt-key add command is deprecated, the commands below provide an alternative way to add the GPG key and APT source.

1. Get the public key file

   wget https://apt.repos.intel.com/intel-gpg-keys/GPG-PUB-KEY-INTEL-SW-PRODUCTS.PUB

2. Generate the GPG key

   sudo gpg --output /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/intel.gpg --dearmor GPG-PUB-KEY-INTEL-SW-PRODUCTS.PUB

3. Add the APT source

   echo "deb https://apt.repos.intel.com/openvino/2024 ubuntu24 main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/intel-openvino-2024.list

4. Update APT cache

   sudo apt update

5. Install OpenVINO

   sudo apt install openvino