---
name: cuda
description: "USE THIS WHEN installing, configuring, or troubleshooting CUDA Toolkit packages from packages.nvidia.com."
domain: nvidia-repo-channels
version: 13.4.0
distros: [amzn2023, azl3, bookworm, el10, el8, el9, fc44, jammy, ky11, noble, resolute, suse15, suse16, trixie, windows]
channels: [prerelease-cuda-13.4.0, preview, preview-cuda]
released: 2026-09-22
landing_url: https://packages.nvidia.com/prerelease/cuda/
---

# CUDA Toolkit

Agent guide for installing **CUDA Toolkit** from **packages.nvidia.com**, NVIDIA's
signed package repositories. Current version **13.4.0** (released 2026-09-22).

- Canonical product: `cuda`  ·  entry-point package: `cuda-toolkit`
- Landing page (all distros, channels, files): <https://packages.nvidia.com/prerelease/cuda/>
- Distros: amzn2023, azl3, bookworm, el10, el8, el9, fc44, jammy, ky11, noble, resolute, suse15, suse16, trixie, windows
- Channels: prerelease-cuda-13.4.0, preview, preview-cuda

## Install

Installing is always two steps: **enable the NVIDIA repository** for your distro
(this installs the signing key via the `nvidia-keyring` package), then **install
`cuda-toolkit`** with the system package manager. The repository URL and the
exact keyring step differ per distro, so use the per-distro guide for copy-paste
commands:

    https://packages.nvidia.com/<distro>/<arch>/<channel>/SKILL.md

Once the repo is enabled, the install itself is:

```bash
# Debian / Ubuntu
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y cuda-toolkit

# RHEL / Fedora / Amazon / Azure Linux
sudo dnf install -y cuda-toolkit

# openSUSE / SLES
sudo zypper install -y cuda-toolkit
```

Pick the channel that matches your update policy (e.g. `preview` for Early
Access, a frozen `cuda-<version>` for a pinned build); the landing page
lists which channel each distro build ships in. Every package's exact version and
its `pkg:{rpm,deb}/nvidia/...` PURL are on the landing page above.