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Last active June 16, 2025 15:12
Fixing the "libnvdla_compiler.so" on Jetson devices

If you, like me, just got a new Nvidia Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit and are struggling to get the examples provided by Nvidia to run due to the following error:

ImportError: libnvdla_compiler.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

then you probably don't want to have to deal with downgrading the flashed version of things just to see if it will work. The issue is that the libnvdla_compiler.so file is not included in the latest (36.4.2 as of this writing) version of the Jetpack software which you're instructed to install to upgrade the firmware on the device.

The fix is to grab the file from the .deb file from the previous version. Running the following command will fix the issue: