Ubuntu native installation

Ubuntu native installation#

2025-04-11

4 min read time

Applies to Linux

Caution

Ensure that the Installation prerequisites are met before installing.

Registering ROCm repositories#

Package signing key#

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.

Register packages#

# Register kernel-mode driver
echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/rocm.gpg] https://repo.radeon.com/amdgpu/6.4/ubuntu jammy main" \
    | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/amdgpu.list
sudo apt update

# Register ROCm packages
echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/rocm.gpg] https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/apt/6.4 noble main" \
    | sudo tee --append /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rocm.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

# Register kernel-mode driver
echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/rocm.gpg] https://repo.radeon.com/amdgpu/6.4/ubuntu jammy main" \
    | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/amdgpu.list
sudo apt update

# Register ROCm packages
echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/rocm.gpg] https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/apt/6.4 jammy main" \
    | sudo tee --append /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rocm.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

Installing#

Install ROCm packages#

sudo apt install rocm

Complete the Post-installation instructions.

Note

For information about the AMDGPU driver installation, see the Install AMDGPU driver in the AMD Instinct Data Center GPU Documentation.

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 apt autoremove rocm
# Or for version specific packages:
sudo apt autoremove rocm6.4

Uninstall ROCm packages#

sudo apt autoremove rocm-core
# Or for version specific packages:
sudo apt autoremove rocm-core6.4

Remove ROCm repositories#

# Remove the 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
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