Hey everyone, I’m trying to get the Arducam 64MP camera working on my Jetson Orin NX Developer Kit. I ran the install_full.sh script that came in the driver package, but it bombs out pretty quickly. The error I get is:
Cannot find the corresponding deb package
I’m not really sure where to go from here. The camera is connected properly and the system sees it on the i2c bus, so I think it’s a driver/kernel issue. Anyone run into this before?
That error usually means the installer can’t locate a pre-compiled driver package that matches your specific kernel version. Can you run uname -r and share the output? Also, what JetPack / L4T release are you on? That’ll help narrow things down.
Sure, here’s my kernel version:
5.10.192-tegra-35.5.0-20240613202628
I’m on JetPack 5.1.2, which maps to L4T 35.5.0. The board is the standard Jetson Orin NX Developer Kit carrier, nothing custom.
Thanks, that confirms what I suspected. I’ve looked into this and here’s the situation: the standard Arducam 64MP driver package doesn’t include a pre-compiled .deb for kernel 5.10.192-tegra-35.5.0-20240613202628 on the Jetson Orin NX Developer Kit carrier board. That’s why install_full.sh can’t find a matching deb package — it literally doesn’t exist in the bundle.
This isn’t a bug in the script itself. The driver just hasn’t been pre-built for that specific kernel + carrier board combination yet.
So the root cause is straightforward: the Arducam 64MP camera driver isn’t pre-built for kernel version 5.10.192-tegra-35.5.0-20240613202628 on the Jetson Orin NX Developer Kit. The install_full.sh script searches for a matching .deb, finds nothing, and exits with that error.
The way forward is to build a custom camera driver tailored specifically to your carrier board and kernel version. This isn’t unusual for Jetson platforms — the driver needs to be compiled against the exact kernel and with the right device tree configuration for your board. Would you like me to walk you through the customization path?
Yes, please go ahead with the custom driver route. I had actually been in touch with Dion earlier about this same issue, and he mentioned a customized driver solution was the way to go. So I’m ready to move forward — just let me know what you need from my side, and I’ll need the installation and usage instructions once the driver is ready. Thanks!
Great, let’s get this moving. To recap for anyone following along: the Arducam 64MP camera requires board-specific driver customization on the Jetson Orin NX Developer Kit, and the standard install_full.sh simply doesn’t contain a pre-compiled .deb for kernel 5.10.192-tegra-35.5.0-20240613202628 — hence the ‘Cannot find the corresponding deb package’ error.
I’ve sent you the details for the custom driver build process via private message, along with what I’ll need from your setup to match the kernel configuration. Once the customized driver is ready, I’ll follow up with the installation package and step-by-step instructions. Hang tight!