Install the ROCm 7.0 RC1 via package manager

2025-08-07

14 min read time

Applies to Linux

This page describes how to install the AMD ROCm 7.0 RC1 build using your Linux distribution’s package manager. Before installing, see the supported hardware and distros to make sure your system is compatible.

Important

Upgrades and downgrades are not supported. You must uninstall any existing ROCm installation before installing the preview build.

Prerequisites

Before installing, complete the following prerequisites.

Ubuntu 22.04

1. Install development packages.

   sudo apt install python3-setuptools python3-wheel
   

2. Configure user permissions for GPU access.

   sudo usermod -a -G render,video $LOGNAME
   

Ubuntu 24.04

1. Install development packages.

   sudo apt install python3-setuptools python3-wheel
   

2. Configure user permissions for GPU access.

   sudo usermod -a -G render,video $LOGNAME
   

Debian 12

1. Install development packages.

   sudo apt install python3-setuptools python3-wheel
   

2. Configure user permissions for GPU access.

   sudo usermod -a -G render,video $LOGNAME
   

RHEL 8.10

1. Register your Enterprise Linux.

   subscription-manager register --username <username> --password <password>
   subscription-manager attach --auto
   

2. Update your Enterprise Linux.

   sudo dnf update --releasever=8.10 --exclude=\*release\*
   

3. Install additional package repositories.

   Add the EPEL repository:

   wget https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
   sudo rpm -ivh epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
   

   Enable the CodeReady Linux Build (CRB) repository.

   sudo dnf install dnf-plugin-config-manager
   sudo crb enable
   

4. Install development packages.

   sudo dnf install python3-setuptools python3-wheel
   

5. Configure user permissions for GPU access.

   sudo usermod -a -G render,video $LOGNAME
   

RHEL 9.4

1. Register your Enterprise Linux.

   subscription-manager register --username <username> --password <password>
   subscription-manager attach --auto
   

2. Update your Enterprise Linux.

   sudo dnf update --releasever=9.4 --exclude=\*release\*
   

3. Install additional package repositories.

   Add the EPEL repository:

   wget https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm
   sudo rpm -ivh epel-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm
   

   Enable the CodeReady Linux Build (CRB) repository.

   sudo dnf install dnf-plugin-config-manager
   sudo crb enable
   

4. Install development packages.

   sudo dnf install python3-setuptools python3-wheel
   

5. Configure user permissions for GPU access.

   sudo usermod -a -G render,video $LOGNAME
   

RHEL 9.6

1. Register your Enterprise Linux.

   subscription-manager register --username <username> --password <password>
   subscription-manager attach --auto
   

2. Update your Enterprise Linux.

   sudo dnf update --releasever=9.6 --exclude=\*release\*
   

3. Install additional package repositories.

   Add the EPEL repository:

   wget https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm
   sudo rpm -ivh epel-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm
   

   Enable the CodeReady Linux Build (CRB) repository.

   sudo dnf install dnf-plugin-config-manager
   sudo crb enable
   

4. Install development packages.

   sudo dnf install python3-setuptools python3-wheel
   

5. Configure user permissions for GPU access.

   sudo usermod -a -G render,video $LOGNAME
   

Oracle Linux 8.10

1. Update your Enterprise Linux.

   sudo dnf update --releasever=8.10 --exclude=\*release\*
   

2. Install additional package repositories.

   Add the EPEL repository:

   wget https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
   sudo rpm -ivh epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
   

   Enable the CodeReady Linux Build (CRB) repository.

   sudo dnf install dnf-plugin-config-manager
   sudo crb enable
   

3. Install development packages.

   sudo dnf install python3-setuptools python3-wheel
   

4. Configure user permissions for GPU access.

   sudo usermod -a -G render,video $LOGNAME
   

Oracle Linux 9.6

1. Update your Enterprise Linux.

   sudo dnf update --releasever=9.6 --exclude=\*release\*
   

2. Install additional package repositories.

   Add the EPEL repository:

   wget https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm
   sudo rpm -ivh epel-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm
   

   Enable the CodeReady Linux Build (CRB) repository.

   sudo dnf install dnf-plugin-config-manager
   sudo crb enable
   

3. Install development packages.

   sudo dnf install python3-setuptools python3-wheel
   

4. Configure user permissions for GPU access.

   sudo usermod -a -G render,video $LOGNAME
   

SLES 15 SP6

1. Register your Enterprise Linux.

   sudo SUSEConnect -r <REGCODE>
   

2. Update your Enterprise Linux.

   sudo zypper update
   

3. Install additional package repositories.

   Add a few modules with SUSEConnect and the science repository.

   sudo SUSEConnect -p sle-module-desktop-applications/15.6/x86_64
   sudo SUSEConnect -p sle-module-development-tools/15.6/x86_64
   sudo SUSEConnect -p PackageHub/15.6/x86_64
   sudo zypper install zypper
   sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/science/SLE_15_SP5/science.repo
   

4. Install development packages.

   sudo dnf install python3-setuptools python3-wheel
   

5. Configure user permissions for GPU access.

   sudo usermod -a -G render,video $LOGNAME
   

SLES 15 SP7

1. Register your Enterprise Linux.

   sudo SUSEConnect -r <REGCODE>
   

2. Update your Enterprise Linux.

   sudo zypper update
   

3. Install additional package repositories.

   Add a few modules with SUSEConnect and the science repository.

   sudo SUSEConnect -p sle-module-desktop-applications/15.7/x86_64
   sudo SUSEConnect -p sle-module-development-tools/15.7/x86_64
   sudo SUSEConnect -p PackageHub/15.7/x86_64
   sudo zypper install zypper
   sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/science/SLE_15_SP5/science.repo
   

4. Install development packages.

   sudo dnf install python3-setuptools python3-wheel
   

5. Configure user permissions for GPU access.

   sudo usermod -a -G render,video $LOGNAME
   

Register ROCm repositories

Ubuntu 22.04

1. Add 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
   

2. Register ROCm packages.

   echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/rocm.gpg] https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/apt/7.0_rc1 jammy main" \
     | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rocm.list
   
   echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/rocm.gpg] https://repo.radeon.com/graphics/7.0_rc1/ubuntu jammy main" \
     | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rocm-graphics.list
   
   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 24.04

1. Add 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
   

2. Register ROCm packages.

   echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/rocm.gpg] https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/apt/7.0_rc1 noble main" \
     | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rocm.list
   
   echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/rocm.gpg] https://repo.radeon.com/graphics/7.0_rc1/ubuntu noble main" \
     | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rocm-graphics.list
   
   echo -e 'Package: *\nPin: release o=repo.radeon.com\nPin-Priority: 600' \
     | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/rocm-pin-600
   sudo apt update
   

Debian 12

1. Add 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
   

2. Register ROCm packages.

   echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/rocm.gpg] https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/apt/7.0_rc1 jammy main" \
     | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rocm.list
   
   echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/rocm.gpg] https://repo.radeon.com/graphics/7.0_rc1/ubuntu jammy main" \
     | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rocm-graphics.list
   
   echo -e 'Package: *\nPin: release o=repo.radeon.com\nPin-Priority: 600' \
     | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/rocm-pin-600
   sudo apt update
   

RHEL 8.10

sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/rocm.repo <<EOF
[ROCm-7.0.0]
name=ROCm7.0.0
baseurl=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/el8/7.0_rc1/main
enabled=1
priority=50
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/rocm.gpg.key
EOF

sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/rocm-graphics.repo <<EOF
[ROCm-7.0.0-Graphics]
name=ROCm7.0.0-Graphics
baseurl=https://repo.radeon.com/graphics/7.0_rc1/rhel/8.10/main/x86_64/
enabled=1
priority=50
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/rocm.gpg.key
EOF
sudo dnf clean all

RHEL 9.4

sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/rocm.repo <<EOF
[ROCm-7.0.0]
name=ROCm7.0.0
baseurl=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/el9/7.0_rc1/main
enabled=1
priority=50
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/rocm.gpg.key
EOF

sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/rocm-graphics.repo <<EOF
[ROCm-7.0.0-Graphics]
name=ROCm7.0.0-Graphics
baseurl=https://repo.radeon.com/graphics/7.0_rc1/rhel/9.4/main/x86_64/
enabled=1
priority=50
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/rocm.gpg.key
EOF
sudo dnf clean all

RHEL 9.6

sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/rocm.repo <<EOF
[ROCm-7.0.0]
name=ROCm7.0.0
baseurl=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/el9/7.0_rc1/main
enabled=1
priority=50
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/rocm.gpg.key
EOF

sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/rocm-graphics.repo <<EOF
[ROCm-7.0.0-Graphics]
name=ROCm7.0.0-Graphics
baseurl=https://repo.radeon.com/graphics/7.0_rc1/rhel/9.6/main/x86_64/
enabled=1
priority=50
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/rocm.gpg.key
EOF
sudo dnf clean all

Oracle Linux 8.10

sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/rocm.repo <<EOF
[ROCm-7.0.0]
name=ROCm7.0.0
baseurl=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/el8/7.0_rc1/main
enabled=1
priority=50
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/rocm.gpg.key
EOF

sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/rocm-graphics.repo <<EOF
[ROCm-7.0.0-Graphics]
name=ROCm7.0.0-Graphics
baseurl=https://repo.radeon.com/graphics/7.0_rc1/el/8.10/main/x86_64/
enabled=1
priority=50
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/rocm.gpg.key
EOF
sudo dnf clean all

Oracle Linux 9.6

sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/rocm.repo <<EOF
[ROCm-7.0.0]
name=ROCm7.0.0
baseurl=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/el9/7.0_rc1/main
enabled=1
priority=50
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/rocm.gpg.key
EOF

sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/rocm-graphics.repo <<EOF
[ROCm-7.0.0-Graphics]
name=ROCm7.0.0-Graphics
baseurl=https://repo.radeon.com/graphics/7.0_rc1/el/9.6/main/x86_64/
enabled=1
priority=50
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/rocm.gpg.key
EOF
sudo dnf clean all

SLES 15 SP6

sudo tee /etc/zypp/repos.d/rocm.repo <<EOF
[ROCm-7.0.0]
name=ROCm7.0.0
baseurl=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/zyp/7.0_rc1/main
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/rocm.gpg.key
EOF

sudo tee /etc/zypp/repos.d/rocm-graphics.repo <<EOF
[ROCm-7.0.0-Graphics]
name=ROCm7.0.0-Graphics
baseurl=https://repo.radeon.com/graphics/7.0_rc1/sle/15.6/main/x86_64
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/rocm.gpg.key
EOF

sudo zypper refresh

SLES 15 SP7

sudo tee /etc/zypp/repos.d/rocm.repo <<EOF
[ROCm-7.0.0]
name=ROCm7.0.0
baseurl=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/zyp/7.0_rc1/main
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/rocm.gpg.key
EOF

sudo tee /etc/zypp/repos.d/rocm-graphics.repo <<EOF
[ROCm-7.0.0-Graphics]
name=ROCm7.0.0-Graphics
baseurl=https://repo.radeon.com/graphics/7.0_rc1/sle/15.7/main/x86_64
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/rocm.gpg.key
EOF

sudo zypper refresh

Install ROCm

Ubuntu 22.04

sudo apt install rocm

Ubuntu 24.04

sudo apt install rocm

Debian 12

sudo apt install rocm

RHEL 8.10

sudo dnf install rocm

RHEL 9.4

sudo dnf install rocm

RHEL 9.6

sudo dnf install rocm

Oracle Linux 8.10

sudo dnf install rocm

Oracle Linux 9.6

sudo dnf install rocm

SLES 15 SP6

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

SLES 15 SP7

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

Uninstalling

Ubuntu 22.04

1. Uninstall specific meta packages.

   sudo apt autoremove rocm
   

2. Uninstall ROCm packages.

   sudo apt autoremove rocm-core
   

3. Remove ROCm repositories.

   sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rocm*.list
   # Clear the cache and clean the system
   sudo rm -rf /var/cache/apt/*
   sudo apt clean all
   sudo apt update
   # Restart the system
   sudo reboot
   

Ubuntu 24.04

1. Uninstall specific meta packages.

   sudo apt autoremove rocm
   

2. Uninstall ROCm packages.

   sudo apt autoremove rocm-core
   

3. Remove ROCm repositories.

   sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rocm*.list
   # Clear the cache and clean the system
   sudo rm -rf /var/cache/apt/*
   sudo apt clean all
   sudo apt update
   # Restart the system
   sudo reboot
   

Debian 12

1. Uninstall specific meta packages.

   sudo apt autoremove rocm
   

2. Uninstall ROCm packages.

   sudo apt autoremove rocm-core
   

3. Remove ROCm repositories.

   sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rocm*.list
   # Clear the cache and clean the system
   sudo rm -rf /var/cache/apt/*
   sudo apt clean all
   sudo apt update
   # Restart the system
   sudo reboot
   

RHEL 8.10

1. Uninstall specific meta packages.

   sudo dnf remove rocm
   

2. Uninstall ROCm packages.

   sudo dnf remove rocm-core amdgpu-core
   

3. Remove ROCm repositories.

   sudo rm /etc/yum.repos.d/rocm*.repo*
   # Clear the cache and clean the system
   sudo rm -rf /var/cache/dnf
   sudo dnf clean all
   # Restart the system
   sudo reboot
   

RHEL 9.4

1. Uninstall specific meta packages.

   sudo dnf remove rocm
   

2. Uninstall ROCm packages.

   sudo dnf remove rocm-core amdgpu-core
   

3. Remove ROCm repositories.

   sudo rm /etc/yum.repos.d/rocm*.repo*
   # Clear the cache and clean the system
   sudo rm -rf /var/cache/dnf
   sudo dnf clean all
   # Restart the system
   sudo reboot
   

RHEL 9.6

1. Uninstall specific meta packages.

   sudo dnf remove rocm
   

2. Uninstall ROCm packages.

   sudo dnf remove rocm-core amdgpu-core
   

3. Remove ROCm repositories.

   sudo rm /etc/yum.repos.d/rocm*.repo*
   # Clear the cache and clean the system
   sudo rm -rf /var/cache/dnf
   sudo dnf clean all
   # Restart the system
   sudo reboot
   

Oracle Linux 8.10

1. Uninstall specific meta packages.

   sudo dnf remove rocm
   

2. Uninstall ROCm packages.

   sudo dnf remove rocm-core amdgpu-core
   

3. Remove ROCm repositories.

   sudo rm /etc/yum.repos.d/rocm*.repo*
   # Clear the cache and clean the system
   sudo rm -rf /var/cache/dnf
   sudo dnf clean all
   # Restart the system
   sudo reboot
   

Oracle Linux 9.6

1. Uninstall specific meta packages.

   sudo dnf remove rocm
   

2. Uninstall ROCm packages.

   sudo dnf remove rocm-core amdgpu-core
   

3. Remove ROCm repositories.

   sudo rm /etc/yum.repos.d/rocm*.repo*
   # Clear the cache and clean the system
   sudo rm -rf /var/cache/dnf
   sudo dnf clean all
   # Restart the system
   sudo reboot
   

SLES 15 SP6

1. Uninstall specific meta packages.

   sudo zypper remove rocm
   

2. Uninstall ROCm packages.

   sudo zypper remove rocm-core amdgpu-core
   

3. Remove ROCm repositories.

   sudo zypper removerepo "ROCm-7.0.0"
   sudo zypper removerepo "ROCm-7.0.0-Graphics"
   # Clear the cache and clean the system
   sudo zypper clean --all
   sudo zypper refresh
   # Restart the system
   sudo reboot
   

SLES 15 SP7

1. Uninstall specific meta packages.

   sudo zypper remove rocm
   

2. Uninstall ROCm packages.

   sudo zypper remove rocm-core amdgpu-core
   

3. Remove ROCm repositories.

   sudo zypper removerepo "ROCm-7.0.0"
   sudo zypper removerepo "ROCm-7.0.0-Graphics"
   # Clear the cache and clean the system
   sudo zypper clean --all
   sudo zypper refresh
   # Restart the system
   sudo reboot