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There are several good reasons to build the driver from scratch rather than just installing it from a pre-built Linux package. The primary motivation is typically that any minor version kernel mismatch on the Linux client will result in the driver not installing correctly. For example, 5.4.0-150-generic is incompatible with 5.4.0-167-generic. Both are incompatible with 5.15.0-91-generic, which has an upgraded kernel.
Unless all the Linux clients are known to be identical, the best practice is to build and install the driver per-client or you may experience failed installs.