The Ultimate Rocky Linux Install Guide with NVIDIA Drivers

Here's an outline of what is covered in the video. Since YouTube cuts off the text, it's better if you use this post as a guide vs. the description on youtube.

Outline and commands used:
 1. Download the Rocky Linux ISO from: https://rockylinux.org/download/
 2. **IMPORTANT** During install, select "Server" with NO GUI
 3. Configuration:

    sudo dnf install --nogpgcheck https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm
    sudo dnf install --nogpgcheck https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/free/el/rpmfusion-free-release-9.noarch.rpm https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/el/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-9.noarch.rpm
    sudo dnf config-manager --enable crb

4. Dependencies and Tools

    sudo dnf update -y
    sudo dnf install xorg-x11-server-Xorg xorg-x11-xauth -y
    sudo dnf install plasma-desktop kscreen sddm kde-gtk-config dolphin konsole kate plasma-discover firefox rocky-backgrounds sddm-breeze mpv  -y

5. Prep for NVIDIA

    sudo dnf groupinstall "Development Tools"
    sudo dnf install kernel-devel epel-release
    sudo dnf install dkms

6. Install NVIDIA
    Add repo:

        sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo http://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/rhel9/$(uname -i)/cuda-rhel9.repo

    Dependencies:

        sudo dnf install kernel-headers-$(uname -r) kernel-devel-$(uname -r) tar bzip2 make automake gcc gcc-c++ pciutils elfutils-libelf-devel libglvnd-opengl libglvnd-glx libglvnd-devel acpid pkgconfig dkms

    Install NVIDIA Driver:

        sudo dnf module install nvidia-driver:latest-dkms

7. Disable nouveau in GRUB

    sudo nano /etc/default/grub

        Make this line match:

            GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="resume=/dev/mapper/rl_localhost--live-swap rd.lvm.lv=rl_localhost-live/root rd.lvm.lv=rl_localhost-live/swap crashkernel=auto rhgb quiet nouveau.modeset=0 rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau"

    Write the changes out (If you are using BIOS, ONLY use the BIOS command. If you are using EFI, only use the EFI command. **VERY IMPORTANT**):

        BIOS:

            sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg

        EFI:

            sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/efi/EFI/rocky/grub.cfg

8. Reboot
    You'll still boot to login prompt (No GUI yet)

9. Login and test NVIDIA

    nvidia-smi

10. Set to boot to KDE

    sudo systemctl set-default graphical.target
    sudo systemctl enable sddm

11. Install Flatpak and anything else you may want

    sudo dnf install flatpak
    flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

12. Reboot into Rocky Linux KDE with NVIDIA :)

POST INSTALL:

13. Install DaVinci Resolve and fix to edit on Linux

     Download link: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve

     Dependancies for DaVinci Resolve:

         sudo dnf install apr apr-util mesa-libGLU
         ./DaVinci_Resolve_18.6.4_Linux.run

     Transcode Command:

   One liner:

     ffmpeg -i "/home/chris/Documents/YT Videos/2023-12-13 09-01-33.mov" -c:v dnxhd -profile:v dnxhr_hq -pix_fmt yuv422p -c:a pcm_s16le \ OUTPUT_FILE.mov

    Batch:

        for f in *.mov;
        do
            ffmpeg -i "$f" -y -c:v dnxhd -profile:v dnxhr_hq -pix_fmt yuv422p -c:a pcm_s16le \ "${f%.mov}_conv.mov";
        done

14. Install VMware Player for VMs

     Download Link: https://www.vmware.com/products/workstation-player/workstation-player-evaluation.html

     Install VMware player:

     sudo dnf install kernel-headers kernel-devel
     sudo ./VMware-Player-Full-17.5.0-22583795.x86_64.bundle

15. Fix Rocky Linux Neofetch icon in the terminal

     curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dylanaraps/neofetch/master/neofetch | grep -o Rocky

     sudo curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dylanaraps/neofetch/master/neofetch -o /usr/bin/neofetch

16. Install Brave


     sudo dnf install dnf-plugins-core

     sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://brave-browser-rpm-release.s3.brave.com/brave-browser.repo

     sudo rpm --import https://brave-browser-rpm-release.s3.brave.com/brave-core.asc

     sudo dnf install brave-browser


17. Install and fix obs-studio

     OBS Config File Location: /home/thelinuxitguy/.config/obs-studio/basic/profiles/Untitled/

18. Add Rocky wallpaper

     Wallpaper Link: https://global.discourse-cdn.com/business7/uploads/rockylinux/original/1X/b49931e04226c4413bbe3c2d5d5cb01a3c6669c6.png

Link to the Youtube video: https://youtu.be/7AUWzWlssjs