Our easy step-by-step script guides you through installation of NICE DCV on Ubuntu 18.04, 20.04 and 22.04 on a GPU equipped visualization server. The script will first update the OS, install the nVidia driver and then install and configure NICE DCV. Including update of the OS it takes around 15 minutes to get NICE DCV up and running.
Please note: The NICE DCV Server is supported in addition on Redhat/CentOS, SLES and Windows in case preferred.
Here is a screenshot of part of the script:
# Install DCV
wget https://d1uj6qtbmh3dt5.cloudfront.net/NICE-GPG-KEY
gpg --import NICE-GPG-KEY
rm NICE-GPG-KEY
dcv_server=`curl --silent --output - https://download.nice-dcv.com/ | \
grep href | egrep "$dcv_version" | grep "ubun" | grep Server | \
sed -e 's/.*http/http/' -e 's/tgz.*/tgz/' | head -1`
echo Installing DCV from $dcv_server
wget $dcv_server
tar zxvf nice-dcv-*ubun*.tgz
cd nice-dcv-*64
# install all packages
sudo apt install -y ./nice-*amd64.ubuntu*.deb
Here you can find the complete step-by-step
- Installation script for NICE DCV on Ubuntu 18.04, 20.04 and 22.04 for DCV on a GPU 3D visualization server.
If you are installing NICE DCV on Ubuntu without GPU you can refer to the AWS NICE DCV installation documentation which is helpful for general NICE DCV reference as well.
In case you are interested in ready made out-of-the-box Ubuntu DCV AWS AMIs we have created the following pre-built machines with optimized DCV settings:
- High-End Ubuntu 22 Desktop – NICE DCV for NVIDIA-GPU 3D instances
(Includes latest NVIDIA driver, CUDA Toolkit and NVIDIA DOCKER Container Support) - Ubuntu 22 Desktop – NICE DCV High-End Remote Desktop (no GPU)
- High-End Ubuntu 20 Desktop – NICE DCV for NVIDIA-GPU 3D instances
- Ubuntu 20 Desktop – NICE DCV High-End Remote Desktop (no GPU)
- High-End Ubuntu 18 Desktop – NICE DCV for 3D AMD-GPU based graphics instances
After the installation of NICE DCV you can proceed with a trial of EnginFrame Views offering intuitive and load-balanced session management including Single-Sign On.
If you are interested in more details or have any questions please let us know via our contact form. Please also see our other Technical Guides related to NICE DCV and the EnginFrame portal.
