Red Hat Enterprise Linux native installation

Red Hat Enterprise Linux native installation#

Applies to Linux

2024-10-03

5 min read time

Important

Make sure that the Installation prerequisites are met before installing.

Registering ROCm repositories#

Register kernel-mode driver#

RHEL 9.4

sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/amdgpu.repo <<EOF
[amdgpu]
name=amdgpu
baseurl=https://repo.radeon.com/amdgpu/6.2.1/el/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 9.3

sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/amdgpu.repo <<EOF
[amdgpu]
name=amdgpu
baseurl=https://repo.radeon.com/amdgpu/6.2.1/el/9.3/main/x86_64/
enabled=1
priority=50
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/rocm.gpg.key
EOF
sudo dnf clean all

RHEL 8.10

sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/amdgpu.repo <<EOF
[amdgpu]
name=amdgpu
baseurl=https://repo.radeon.com/amdgpu/6.2.1/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

RHEL 8.9

sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/amdgpu.repo <<EOF
[amdgpu]
name=amdgpu
baseurl=https://repo.radeon.com/amdgpu/6.2.1/el/8.9/main/x86_64/
enabled=1
priority=50
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/rocm.gpg.key
EOF
sudo dnf clean all

Register ROCm packages#

RHEL 9

sudo tee --append /etc/yum.repos.d/rocm.repo <<EOF
[ROCm-6.2.1]
name=ROCm6.2.1
baseurl=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/el9/6.2.1/main
enabled=1
priority=50
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/rocm.gpg.key
EOF
sudo dnf clean all

RHEL 8

sudo tee --append /etc/yum.repos.d/rocm.repo <<EOF
[ROCm-6.2.1]
name=ROCm6.2.1
baseurl=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/el8/6.2.1/main
enabled=1
priority=50
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/rocm.gpg.key
EOF
sudo dnf clean all

Installing#

Install kernel driver#

sudo dnf install amdgpu-dkms
sudo reboot

Install ROCm packages#

sudo dnf install rocm

Complete the Post-installation instructions.

Upgrading#

To upgrade an existing ROCm installation to a newer version, follow the steps in Registering ROCm repositories and Installing.

Note

Upgrading the kernel driver may also upgrade the GPU firmware, which requires a system reboot to take effect.

Uninstalling#

Uninstall specific meta packages#

# sudo apt autoremove <package-name>
# For example:
sudo dnf remove rocm
# Or for version specific packages:
sudo dnf remove rocm6.2.1

Uninstall ROCm packages#

sudo dnf remove rocm-core
# Or for version specific packages:
sudo dnf remove rocm-core6.2.1

Uninstall kernel-mode driver#

sudo dnf remove amdgpu-dkms

Remove ROCm and AMDGPU repositories#

# Remove the repositories.
sudo rm /etc/yum.repos.d/rocm.list
sudo rm /etc/yum.repos.d/amdgpu.list

# Clear the cache and clean the system.
sudo rm -rf /var/cache/yum
sudo dnf clean all

# Restart the system.
sudo reboot