ArduCam IMX708 driver install fails on Jetson Orin Nano: deb package not found

Nvidia Jetson Cameras
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Hi everyone, I’m trying to get an ArduCam IMX708 (12MP) camera module working on my Jetson Orin Nano. I ran the driver install script with the model flag but it’s failing. Here’s what I did:

./install_full.sh -m imx708

It spits out this error and stops:

Cannot find the corresponding deb package, please send the following information to [email protected]

Anyone seen this before? Not sure what’s going on.

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That error usually means the script can’t locate a pre-compiled driver package for your particular kernel and platform combination. Can you share your environment details? Specifically the kernel version and Jetson model info. You can grab those with:

uname -r
cat /proc/device-tree/model

That’ll help narrow things down.

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Sure, here you go:

  • Kernel: 5.15.148-tegra-36.4.7-20250918154033
  • Device: NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Engineering Reference Developer Kit Super

I’m on L4T 36.4.7 if that helps. The camera is the ArduCam IMX708 12MP module connected via the CSI ribbon.

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Thanks for the details. So here’s the issue: the install_full.sh script tries to pull a pre-built deb package that matches your kernel (5.15.148-tegra-36.4.7) and platform (T234 / Orin Nano). It looks like the IMX708 driver hasn’t been pre-compiled and published for that exact kernel build yet, so the script bails out with that “cannot find” message.

This isn’t uncommon when new L4T releases drop — sometimes the driver packages for specific camera models take a bit of time to catch up, or that particular kernel revision just doesn’t have a matching build in the public repo.

I’ve gone ahead and put together a custom build of the IMX708 driver compiled against your exact kernel (5.15.148-tegra-36.4.7) for the T234-NX (Orin Nano) platform. I’ve sent you the deb package via private message — please check your inbox for the download link.

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Once you’ve downloaded the package, install it with dpkg — make sure you use the exact filename as provided:

sudo dpkg -i arducam-nvidia-l4t-kernel-t234-nx-5.15.148-tegra-36.4.7-20251030133146_arm64_imx708.deb

After installation, reboot and the camera should show up under /dev/video*. You can verify with:

v4l2-ctl --list-devices

Let us know how it goes.