Installation (Linux)

Applies to Linux

2023-06-22

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Understanding the Release-specific AMDGPU and ROCm Repositories on Linux Distributions

The release-specific repositories consist of packages from a specific release of versions of AMDGPU and ROCm. The repositories are not updated for the latest packages with subsequent releases. When a new ROCm release is available, the new repository, specific to that release, is added. You can select a specific release to install, update the previously installed single version to the later available release, or add the latest version of ROCm along with the currently installed version by using the multi-version ROCm packages.

Step by Step Instructions

Ubuntu

1. Download and convert the package signing key

# Make the directory if it doesn't exist yet.
# This location is recommended by the distribution maintainers.
sudo mkdir --parents --mode=0755 /etc/apt/keyrings
# Download the key, convert the signing-key to a full
# keyring required by apt and store in the keyring directory
wget https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/rocm.gpg.key -O - | \
    gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/rocm.gpg > /dev/null

Note

The GPG key may change; ensure it is updated when installing a new release. If the key signature verification fails while updating, re-add the key from the ROCm to the apt repository as mentioned above. The current rocm.gpg.key is not available in a standard key ring distribution but has the following SHA1 sum hash: 73f5d8100de6048aa38a8b84cd9a87f05177d208 rocm.gpg.key

2. Add the AMDGPU Repository and Install the Kernel-mode Driver

Tip

If you have a version of the kernel-mode driver installed, you may skip this section.

To add the AMDGPU repository, follow these steps:

Ubuntu 20.04

# amdgpu repository for focal
echo 'deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/rocm.gpg] https://repo.radeon.com/amdgpu/5.3.3/ubuntu focal main' \
    | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/amdgpu.list
sudo apt update

Ubuntu 22.04

# amdgpu repository for jammy
echo 'deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/rocm.gpg] https://repo.radeon.com/amdgpu/5.3.3/ubuntu jammy main' \
    | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/amdgpu.list
sudo apt update

Install the kernel mode driver and reboot the system using the following commands:

sudo apt install amdgpu-dkms
sudo reboot

3. Add the ROCm Repository

To add the ROCm repository, use the following steps:

Ubuntu 20.04

# ROCm repositories for focal
for ver in 5.2.1 5.3.3; do
echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/rocm.gpg] https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/apt/$ver focal main" \
    | sudo tee --append /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rocm.list
done
echo -e 'Package: *\nPin: release o=repo.radeon.com\nPin-Priority: 600' \
    | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/rocm-pin-600
sudo apt update

Ubuntu 22.04

# ROCm repositories for jammy
for ver in 5.2.1 5.3.3; do
echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/rocm.gpg] https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/apt/$ver jammy main" \
    | sudo tee --append /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rocm.list
done
echo -e 'Package: *\nPin: release o=repo.radeon.com\nPin-Priority: 600' \
    | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/rocm-pin-600
sudo apt update

4. Install packages

Install packages of your choice in a single-version ROCm install or in a multi-version ROCm install fashion. For more information on what single/multi-version installations are, refer to Single Version ROCm install versus Multi-Version. For a comprehensive list of meta-packages, refer to Meta-packages and Their Descriptions.

• Sample Single-version installation

  sudo apt install rocm-hip-sdk
  

• Sample Multi-version installation

  sudo apt install rocm-hip-sdk5.3.3 rocm-hip-sdk5.2.1
  

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

1. Add the AMDGPU Stack Repository and Install the Kernel-mode Driver

Tip

If you have a version of the kernel-mode driver installed, you may skip this section.

RHEL 7.9

sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/amdgpu.repo <<EOF
[amdgpu]
name=amdgpu
baseurl=https://repo.radeon.com/amdgpu/5.3.3/rhel/7.9/main/x86_64/
enabled=1
priority=50
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/rocm.gpg.key
EOF
sudo yum clean all

RHEL 8.5

sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/amdgpu.repo <<EOF
[amdgpu]
name=amdgpu
baseurl=https://repo.radeon.com/amdgpu/5.3.3/rhel/8.5/main/x86_64/
enabled=1
priority=50
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/rocm.gpg.key
EOF
sudo yum clean all

RHEL 8.6

sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/amdgpu.repo <<EOF
[amdgpu]
name=amdgpu
baseurl=https://repo.radeon.com/amdgpu/5.3.3/rhel/8.6/main/x86_64/
enabled=1
priority=50
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/rocm.gpg.key
EOF
sudo yum clean all

RHEL 9.1

sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/amdgpu.repo <<EOF
[amdgpu]
name=amdgpu
baseurl=https://repo.radeon.com/amdgpu/5.3.3/rhel/9.1/main/x86_64/
enabled=1
priority=50
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/rocm.gpg.key
EOF
sudo yum clean all

Install the kernel mode driver and reboot the system using the following commands:

sudo yum install amdgpu-dkms
sudo reboot

2. Add the ROCm Stack Repository

To add the ROCm repository, use the following steps, based on your distribution:

RHEL 7

for ver in 5.2.1 5.3.3; do
sudo tee --append /etc/yum.repos.d/rocm.repo <<EOF
[ROCm-$ver]
name=ROCm$ver
baseurl=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/yum/$ver/main
enabled=1
priority=50
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/rocm.gpg.key
EOF
done
sudo yum clean all

RHEL 8

for ver in 5.2.1 5.3.3; do
sudo tee --append /etc/yum.repos.d/rocm.repo <<EOF
[ROCm-$ver]
name=ROCm$ver
baseurl=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/rhel8/$ver/main
enabled=1
priority=50
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/rocm.gpg.key
EOF
done
sudo yum clean all

RHEL 9

for ver in 5.2.1 5.3.3; do
sudo tee --append /etc/yum.repos.d/rocm.repo <<EOF
[ROCm-$ver]
name=ROCm$ver
baseurl=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/rhel9/$ver/main
enabled=1
priority=50
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/rocm.gpg.key
EOF
done
sudo yum clean all

3. Install packages

Install packages of your choice in a single-version ROCm install or in a multi-version ROCm install fashion. For more information on what single/multi-version installations are, refer to Single Version ROCm install versus Multi-Version. For a comprehensive list of meta-packages, refer to Meta-packages and Their Descriptions.

• Sample Single-version installation

  sudo yum install rocm-hip-sdk
  

• Sample Multi-version installation

  sudo yum install rocm-hip-sdk5.3.3 rocm-hip-sdk5.2.1
  

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15

1. Add the AMDGPU Repository and Install the Kernel-mode Driver

Tip

If you have a version of the kernel-mode driver installed, you may skip this section.

Service Pack 3

sudo tee /etc/zypp/repos.d/amdgpu.repo <<EOF
[amdgpu]
name=amdgpu
baseurl=https://repo.radeon.com/amdgpu/5.3.3/sle/15.3/main/x86_64
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/rocm.gpg.key
EOF
sudo zypper ref

Service Pack 4

sudo tee /etc/zypp/repos.d/amdgpu.repo <<EOF
[amdgpu]
name=amdgpu
baseurl=https://repo.radeon.com/amdgpu/5.3.3/sle/15.4/main/x86_64
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/rocm.gpg.key
EOF
sudo zypper ref

Install the kernel mode driver and reboot the system using the following commands:

sudo zypper --gpg-auto-import-keys install amdgpu-dkms
sudo reboot

2. Add the ROCm Stack Repository

To add the ROCm repository, use the following steps:

for ver in 5.2.1 5.3.3; do
sudo tee --append /etc/zypp/repos.d/rocm.repo <<EOF
[ROCm-$ver]
name=ROCm$ver
name=rocm
baseurl=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/zyp/$ver/main
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/rocm.gpg.key
EOF
done
sudo zypper ref

3. Install packages

Install packages of your choice in a single-version ROCm install or in a multi-version ROCm install fashion. For more information on what single/multi-version installations are, refer to Single Version ROCm install versus Multi-Version. For a comprehensive list of meta-packages, refer to Meta-packages and Their Descriptions.

• Sample Single-version installation

  sudo zypper --gpg-auto-import-keys install rocm-hip-sdk
  

• Sample Multi-version installation

  sudo zypper --gpg-auto-import-keys install rocm-hip-sdk5.3.3 rocm-hip-sdk5.2.1
  

Post-install Actions and Verification Process

The post-install actions listed here are optional and depend on your use case, but are generally useful. Verification of the install is advised.

Post-install Actions

1. Instruct the system linker where to find the shared objects (.so files) for ROCm applications.

   sudo tee --append /etc/ld.so.conf.d/rocm.conf <<EOF
   /opt/rocm/lib
   /opt/rocm/lib64
   EOF
   sudo ldconfig
   

   Note

   Multi-version installations require extra care. Having multiple versions on the system linker library search path is unadvised. One must take care both at compile-time and at run-time to assure that the proper libraries are picked up. You can override ld.so.conf entries on a case-by-case basis using the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environmental variable.

2. Add binary paths to the PATH environment variable.

   export PATH=$PATH:/opt/rocm-5.3.3/bin:/opt/rocm-5.2.1/opencl/bin
   

   Attention

   When using CMake to build applications, having the ROCm install location on the PATH subtly affects how ROCm libraries are searched for. See Config Mode Search Procedure and CMAKE_FIND_USE_SYSTEM_ENVIRONMENT_PATH for details.

   (Entries in the PATH minus bin and sbin are added to library search paths, therefore this convenience will affect builds and result in ROCm libraries almost always being found. This may be an issue when you’re developing these libraries or want to use self-built versions of them.)

Verifying Kernel-mode Driver Installation

Check the installation of the kernel-mode driver by typing the command given below:

dkms status

Verifying ROCm Installation

After completing the ROCm installation, execute the following commands on the system to verify if the installation is successful. If you see your GPUs listed by both commands, the installation is considered successful:

/opt/rocm/bin/rocminfo
# OR
/opt/rocm/opencl/bin/clinfo

Verifying Package Installation

To ensure the packages are installed successfully, use the following commands:

Ubuntu

sudo apt list --installed

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

sudo yum list installed

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

sudo zypper search --installed-only