The appstream is correct. Firmware is not a driver.
Firmware-nvidia-graphics is used by the reversed-engineered nouveau driver, not the proprietary Nvidia drivers. Those install their own firmware, firmware-nvidia-gsp.
It also seems to me that you're reinventing the wheel--MX Nvidia Installer does the same thing, seems more capable, and should be usable on Debian. We adapted it from Soldyk's script, to give full credit.
https://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/pool/main/d/ddm-mx/
There may be a bug in Debian's AppStream metadata as the appstream ID for nvidia-driver appeared to be firmware-nvidia-graphics. Nevertheless, the fundamental problem is that there is a package called nvidia-driver which indeed installs the proprietary NVIDIA drivers, yet I'm not allowed to just install it from the driver section in Discover and move on with my day.
Also, if I install in on ddm-mx on Debian, is there a way to keep the ddm-mx tool itself up-to-date via Discover? And would I be able to graphically hook it into kdialog?
Statistics: Posted by KdialogKun — 2026-02-23 09:15