Edge Pack#
Note
Edge Pack is currently available as a technical preview for evaluation purposes, we do not recommend this early version for use in production environments.
Enable the full potential of Intel hardware on Linux for edge use cases.
Edge Pack is a set of modular platform software packages that add key functionalities to your operating system, including graphics, media, edge AI, networking, and manageability. Prepared for different technical domains, Edge Pack offers the right setup for a particular system or workload.
There are several ways of deploying Edge Pack. The Get Started guide will enable you to select the one that fits best and give you ready-made commands to proceed.
The validated core package set for a given platform and OS, forming the required foundation before any add-on can be installed.
Optional package groups layered on top of a base profile, each enabling a specific Intel platform capability.
Every profile and add-on is validated against specific hardware models, Ubuntu versions, and kernels, so only tested combinations are offered.
Conflicting or unsupported combinations are flagged before anything is installed.
Base Profiles
Profile |
Name |
Description |
|---|---|---|
|
Intel Edge Base Profile |
Validated core Intel graphics/media packages, including the platform-enablement Dynamic Kernel Module Support driver, for Ubuntu LTS |
Add-on Profiles
Profile |
Name |
Description |
|---|---|---|
|
FFmpeg |
FFmpeg multimedia framework with Intel GPU support |
|
GStreamer |
GStreamer multimedia framework with Intel GPU support |
|
NPU |
Enables Intel’s Neural Processing Unit (NPU) technology on edge platforms |
|
Manageability |
Enables Intel® vPro® manageability on edge platforms |
Currently, Edge Pack supports Ubuntu Desktop LTS 24.04.5 (Noble) and LTS 26.04.1 (Resolute), deployed on Intel® Core™ Ultra Series 3 (formerly codenamed as Panther Lake) and Intel® Core™ Series 3. See system requirements for more details.