# Install GPU acceleration

- **Method:** `POST`
- **Path:** `/api/v1/gpu/install`
- **Operation ID:** `start_gpu_install_api_v1_gpu_install_post`
- **Tags:** GPU Install

Start GPU acceleration package installation in a background thread.

## Effective servers

- `http://127.0.0.1:8100`

  Voice Creator Pro on this computer

## Responses

### 200 Successful Response

**Content type:** `application/json`

schema: `GenerationStartedResponse`

- **`queue_position` (required)**: `integer`

  Position in the generation queue (0 = next to run)
- **`started` (required)**: `boolean`

  Whether the generation job was enqueued

**Example:**

```json
{
  "started": true,
  "queue_position": 0
}
```

## Schemas

- `GenerationStartedResponse` — shown above.