What is the version of the OS running on my ZED Box or NVIDIA® Jetson™ embedded PC?

Last updated: October 23, 2026

Jetson Linux (Linux for Tegra, L4T) is the operating system running on embedded PCs based on NVIDIA® Jetson™ modules, such as the ZED Box series. It is a customized Linux operating system derived from Ubuntu.

Jetson Linux is part of NVIDIA® JetPack, which also includes the drivers and the libraries (CUDA, cuDNN, TensorRT, and others) required to exploit all the capabilities of the Jetson modules. Each JetPack version corresponds to a specific Jetson Linux version; see the JetPack archive for the full list.

Knowing these versions is required to install the correct ZED SDK and ZED X Driver, which are built for specific JetPack / Jetson Linux releases.

Retrieve the Jetson Linux version

cat /etc/nv_tegra_release

The output is similar to:

# R36 (release), REVISION: 4.3, GCID: ..., BOARD: generic, EABI: aarch64, DATE: ...

The R number is the major version and the REVISION the minor and patch versions: this example corresponds to Jetson Linux 36.4.3.

Retrieve the JetPack version

apt-cache show nvidia-jetpack | grep Version

The output is similar to:

Version: 6.2+b77

This example corresponds to NVIDIA® JetPack 6.2.

Note: the nvidia-jetpack package may not be installed on systems flashed with a minimal image; in this case, use the Jetson Linux version and the JetPack archive to identify the JetPack release.

Retrieve the ZED SDK and ZED X Driver versions

  • ZED SDK: run the ZED Diagnostic tool, or check the version reported by ZED Explorer.

  • ZED X Driver (GMSL2 cameras only):

    dpkg -l | grep stereolabs

To collect all the information about your system in a single report, see How can I generate the ZED Diagnostic file?