Installing and building rocSPARSE for Linux#
This topic describes how to install or build rocSPARSE on Linux by using prebuilt packages or building from source. For information on installing and building rocSPARSE on Microsoft Windows, see rocSPARSE for Windows.
Prerequisites#
rocSPARSE requires a ROCm enabled platform. For more information, including a list of supported GPUs and Linux distributions, see the ROCm compatibility matrix.
Building rocSPARSE from source#
It isn’t necessary to build rocSPARSE from source because it’s ready to use after installing the prebuilt packages, as described in Install rocSPARSE. To build rocSPARSE from source, follow the instructions in this section.
Requirements#
To compile and run rocSPARSE, the AMD ROCm Platform is required. Building rocSPARSE from source also requires the following components and dependencies:
CMake (Version 3.19 or later)
ROCm CMake (Version 0.11.0 or later)
rocBLAS (Optional: for the library)
GoogleTest (Optional: only required to build the clients)
By default, the CMake build doesn’t download ROCm CMake or GoogleTest. If CMake can’t find one of them,
the configuration step stops with an error naming it.
Add the install prefix of the dependency to CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH if it isn’t installed in a default location.
To download ROCm CMake and GoogleTest when they aren’t installed, configure with -DALLOW_FETCH_DEPS=ON.
This requires network access during configuration.
If GoogleTest isn’t installed, you can instead build it from a local source tree without network access
by setting FETCHCONTENT_SOURCE_DIR_GOOGLETEST to that directory.
The tests need 24 SuiteSparse matrices, which are stored with DVC.
Before building the tests, run dvc pull -R projects/rocsparse/clients/matrices from the root of the rocm-libraries repository.
Reading from the DVC storage doesn’t require credentials. DVC needs S3 support, for example
pip install 'dvc[s3]'.
In a sparse checkout, DVC needs the .dvc directory at the repository root. If your checkout omits it, run
git sparse-checkout add .dvc first.
Alternatively, point CMAKE_MATRICES_DIR at a directory with the converted .csr files,
or configure with -DALLOW_FETCH_DEPS=ON to download the matrices from SuiteSparse.
When building rocSPARSE from source, select supported versions of the math library dependencies (rocPRIM and optionally rocBLAS). Given a version of rocSPARSE, you must use a version of rocPRIM (and optionally rocBLAS) that is the same or later. For example, it’s possible to build rocSPARSE 3.2.0 with any future rocPRIM 3.Y.Z version (with the same major version and where 3.Y.Z is 3.2.0 or later), but compiling rocSPARSE with an older version of rocPRIM, such as 3.1.0, is not supported.
Downloading rocSPARSE#
The rocSPARSE source code is available from the rocSPARSE folder of the rocm-libraries GitHub.
To limit your local checkout to only the rocSPARSE project, configure sparse-checkout before cloning.
This uses the Git partial clone feature (--filter=blob:none) to reduce how much data is downloaded.
Use the following commands for a sparse checkout:
Note
To include the rocPRIM and rocBLAS dependencies, set the projects for the sparse checkout using
git sparse-checkout set projects/rocsparse projects/rocprim projects/rocblas .dvc.
The .dvc directory is needed to download the test matrices with dvc pull.
git clone --no-checkout --filter=blob:none https://github.com/ROCm/rocm-libraries.git
cd rocm-libraries
git sparse-checkout init --cone
git sparse-checkout set projects/rocsparse .dvc
git checkout develop # or use the branch you want to work with
To download the develop branch for all projects in rocm-libraries, use these commands. This process takes longer but is recommended for those working with a large number of libraries.
git clone -b develop https://github.com/ROCm/rocm-libraries.git
cd rocm-libraries/projects/rocsparse
Note
To build ROCm 6.4.3 and earlier, use the rocSPARSE repository at ROCm/rocSPARSE. For more information, see the documentation associated with the release you want to build.
Building rocSPARSE using the install script#
It’s recommended to use the install.sh script to install rocSPARSE.
Here are the steps required to build different packages of the library, including the dependencies and clients.
Note
You can run the install.sh script from the projects/rocsparse directory.
Using install.sh to build rocSPARSE with dependencies#
The following table lists the common ways to use install.sh to build the rocSPARSE dependencies and library.
Note
By default, rocBLAS is a dependency and the build will fail if it isn’t found.
To opt out of using rocBLAS when building from source with
the install.sh script, use the no-rocblas option.
Command |
Description |
|---|---|
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Print the help information. |
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Install the build dependencies using the distribution package manager, then build the library in your local directory. The |
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Build the library in your local directory. The script assumes the dependencies are available. |
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Build the library, then build and install the rocSPARSE package in |
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Build the library specifically for the gfx908 architecture, then build and install the rocSPARSE package in |
Using install.sh to build rocSPARSE with dependencies and clients#
The clients contain example code, unit tests, and benchmarks. Common use cases of install.sh to build
the library, dependencies, and clients are listed in the table below.
Note
The tests need the SuiteSparse test matrices. Before running these commands, pull them with
dvc pull -R clients/matrices from the projects/rocsparse directory.
install.sh downloads missing matrices only when you pass --matrices-dir or --matrices-dir-install.
The clients also need GoogleTest, which -d doesn’t install. Install it first, for example the
libgtest-dev or gtest-devel package.
Command |
Description |
|---|---|
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Print the help information. |
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Install the build dependencies using the distribution package manager, then build the library and client in your local directory. The |
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Build the library and client in your local directory. The script assumes the dependencies are available. |
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Install the build dependencies, build the library and client, then build and install the rocSPARSE package in |
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Build the library and client, then build and install the rocSPARSE package in |
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Install the build dependencies, build the library specifically for the gfx908 architecture and build the client, then build and install the rocSPARSE package in |
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Build the library specifically for the gfx908 architecture, build the client, then build and install the rocSPARSE package in |
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Build the client executables using an already installed version of the library. |
Building rocSPARSE using individual make commands#
The rocSPARSE library contains both host and device code, therefore, the HIP compiler must be specified during the CMake configuration process.
You can build rocSPARSE using the following commands:
Note
Run these commands from the projects/rocsparse directory.
Note
CMake 3.19 or later is required to build rocSPARSE.
# Create and change to build directory
mkdir -p build/release ; cd build/release
# Default install path is /opt/rocm, use -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<path> to adjust it
CXX=/opt/rocm/bin/amdclang++ cmake ../..
# Compile rocSPARSE library
make -j$(nproc)
# Install rocSPARSE to /opt/rocm
make install
You can build rocSPARSE with the dependencies and clients using the following commands:
Note
GoogleTest is required to build rocSPARSE clients. Install it, for example the libgtest-dev or
gtest-devel package, or configure with -DALLOW_FETCH_DEPS=ON to download it.
-DALLOW_FETCH_DEPS=ON also downloads the test matrices from SuiteSparse instead of the dvc pull step.
# Pull the test matrices
dvc pull -R clients/matrices
# Create and change to build directory
mkdir -p build/release ; cd build/release
# Default install path is /opt/rocm, use -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<path> to adjust it
CXX=/opt/rocm/bin/amdclang++ cmake ../.. -DBUILD_CLIENTS_TESTS=ON \
-DBUILD_CLIENTS_BENCHMARKS=ON \
-DBUILD_CLIENTS_SAMPLES=ON
# Compile rocSPARSE library
make -j$(nproc)
# Install rocSPARSE to /opt/rocm
make install
Resolving common build problems#
If you encounter the error message
“ROCmCMakeBuildTools >= 0.11.0 not found”
during the build, install the ROCm CMake modules,
or configure with -DALLOW_FETCH_DEPS=ON to download them.
Testing rocSPARSE#
You can test the rocSPARSE installation by running one of the rocSPARSE examples after successfully compiling the library with the clients.
# Navigate to clients binary directory
cd build/release/clients/staging
# Execute rocSPARSE example
./example_csrmv 1000
For more comprehensive testing, you can run the entire unit test suite using the command:
# Navigate to clients binary directory
cd build/release/clients/staging
# Execute rocSPARSE example
./rocsparse-test
For more focused testing, you can run a specific test by running the following command:
# Navigate to clients binary directory
cd build/release/clients/staging
# Execute rocSPARSE example
./rocsparse-test --gtest_filter=TestName
Warning
The unit test suite is a comprehensive test of the rocSPARSE library and takes multiple hours to finish. Consider running more focused tests for quicker feedback.