Update package prerequisite documentation (#647)

* Doc: Update developer notes on bare metal requirements Update developer notes to reflect latest package installations from `./run setup`. Include a reference to the Holoscan SDK User Guide for latest updates. Signed-off-by: Tom Birdsong <[email protected]> * Infra: Drop Python 3.8 support in `run setup` script Holoscan SDK dropped Python 3.8 support in release 2.6.0. Signed-off-by: Tom Birdsong <[email protected]> --------- Signed-off-by: Tom Birdsong <[email protected]>
nvidia-holoscan · Dec 19, 2024 · 65c855a · 65c855a
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@@ -23,20 +23,23 @@ Install the package dependencies for HoloHub on your host system. The easiest wa
   sudo ./run setup
 ```
 
-If you prefer you can also install the dependencies manually:
+If you prefer you can also install the dependencies manually, typically including the following:
 - [CMake](https://www.cmake.org): 3.24.0+
-- Python interpreter: 3.8 to 3.11
-- Python dev: 3.8 to 3.11 (matching version of the interpreter)
+- Python interpreter: 3.9 to 3.12
+- Python dev: 3.9 to 3.12 (matching version of the interpreter)
 - ffmpeg runtime
 - [ngc-cli](https://ngc.nvidia.com/setup/installers/cli)
 - wget
-- CUDA: 11.6 or 11.8 (CUDA 12 is not supported yet)
-- libcudnn8
-- libcudnn8-dev
+- CUDA Toolkit: 12.6
+- libcudnn9-cuda-12
+- libcudnn9-dev-cuda-12
 - libnvinfer-dev
 - libnvinfer-plugin-dev
 - libnvonnxparsers-dev
 
+Visit the [Holoscan SDK User Guide](https://docs.nvidia.com/holoscan/sdk-user-guide/sdk_installation.html) for the latest
+details on dependency versions and custom installation.
+
 *Note: the run script setup installs the minimal set of dependencies required to run the sample applications. Other applications might require more dependencies. Please refer to the README of each application for more information.*
 
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diff --git a/run b/run
@@ -304,14 +304,14 @@ setup() {
 
   # Install python dev
   python3_dev_version=$(dpkg --status python3-dev  2>/dev/null | grep -Po '^Version: \K[^-]*')
-  python3_min_version=$(compare_version ${python3_dev_version} "3.8.0")
+  python3_min_version=$(compare_version ${python3_dev_version} "3.9.0")
 
   # Python 3.8 to 3.11 are supported
   if [[ $python3_dev_version == "" ]] || [[ $python3_min_version == "2" ]]; then
     echo "Installing python"
     apt install --no-install-recommends -y python3 python3-dev
     python3_dev_version=$(dpkg --status python3-dev  2>/dev/null | grep -Po '^Version: \K[^-]*')
-    python3_min_version=$(compare_version ${python3_dev_version} "3.8.0")
+    python3_min_version=$(compare_version ${python3_dev_version} "3.9.0")
   fi
 
   # If python version is too high