Holoscan Install Container

Install Holoscan SDK via the NGC Docker container.

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---
name: holoscan-install-container
version: "1.0.0"
description: "Install Holoscan SDK via the NGC Docker container. Use for container-based installs; not for native apt/pip/Conda installs."
license: Apache-2.0
metadata:
  author: "Holoscan Team <holoscan-team@nvidia.com>"
  github-url: "https://github.com/nvidia-holoscan/holoscan-sdk"
  tags:
    - holoscan
    - install
    - container
    - docker
    - ngc
---

# Holoscan NGC Container Installation

## Purpose

Pull and verify the official Holoscan SDK container from NGC (`nvcr.io/nvidia/clara-holoscan/holoscan`), selecting the right CUDA/arch tag for the host GPU and validating with the bundled Python and C++ examples.

## Prerequisites

- Linux host with an NVIDIA GPU and a working driver (`nvidia-smi`).