Installing hipVS

2025-11-12

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Applies to Linux

You can install hipVS via AMD PyPI as described below. This is recommended for users of hipVS. For developers interested in modifying or contributing to the Open Source hipVS component, see the Build instructions.

Requirements

hipVS requires ROCm 7.0.2 running on a ROCm-supported operating system. Using Ubuntu 22.04 or later is recommended. For more information, see ROCm-DS system requirements.

The steps in this topic require a Conda installation. A minimal free version of Conda is Miniforge.

Install hipVS via AMD PyPI

Warning

Only install hipVS using AMD’s official package index. To ensure security, integrity, and supportability of your builds, consume packages exclusively from AMD’s official package index. Do not install, mirror, or resolve dependencies from any third‑party or unofficial indexes.

Packaged versions of hipVS and its dependencies are distributed via AMD PyPI. This section discusses how to install hipVS via this package index.

Create and activate a Conda environment with Python 3.12 as shown below:

conda create --name hipVS python=3.12
conda activate hipVS

hipVS can then be installed into this environment using pip and the AMD PyPI URL:

pip install amd-hipvs==0.1.0 --extra-index-url=https://pypi.amd.com/rocm-7.0.2/simple