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Install ROCM on Ubuntu 22.04

What is ROCM?

💡 According to the documentation, ROCM is software stack that provides the tools for programming AMD Graphics Processing Units (GPUs), from low-level kernels to high-level end-user applications. ROCM is used to extract HPC and AI workload performance from AMD Instinct accelerators and AMD Radeon GPUs. What is ROCM?

Install

Terminal window
sudo apt update
sudo apt install "linux-headers-$(uname -r)" "linux-modules-extra-$(uname -r)"
sudo apt install python3-setuptools python3-wheel
sudo usermod -a -G render,video $LOGNAME # Add the current user to the render and video groups
wget https://repo.radeon.com/amdgpu-install/6.3.3/ubuntu/jammy/amdgpu-install_6.3.60303-1_all.deb
sudo apt install ./amdgpu-install_6.3.60303-1_all.deb
Terminal window
sudo apt update
sudo apt install amdgpu-dkms rocm

Issue with dependencies

⚠️ Possible Issues:

  • DKMS Build Failures – Errors while building the kernel module for AMDGPU drivers may cause amdgpu-dkms installation failures.
  • Broken Dependencies – Some ROCm packages depend on specific AMD driver versions, which might not be compatible with the system.
  • Crash Reports – Files like /var/crash/amdgpu-dkms.0.crash may indicate installation failures that need fixing.
Terminal window
sudo rm -rf /var/crash/amdgpu-dkms.0.crash
sudo apt update
Terminal window
sudo apt install --reinstall amdgpu-dkms