Azure Linux native installation#

2025-01-23

3 min read time

Applies to Linux

Caution

Ensure that the Installation prerequisites are met before installing.

Registering ROCm repositories#

sudo tee --append /etc/yum.repos.d/rocm.repo <<EOF
[ROCm-6.3.2]
name=ROCm6.3.2
baseurl=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/azurelinux3/6.3.2/main/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/rocm.gpg.key
EOF
sudo tdnf clean all

Installing#

Install kernel driver#

sudo tdnf install azurelinux-repos-amd
sudo tdnf repolist --refresh
sudo tdnf install amdgpu
sudo modprobe amdgpu

Install ROCm packages#

sudo tdnf 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 tdnf remove rocm

Uninstall ROCm packages#

sudo tdnf remove rocm-core

Uninstall kernel-mode driver#

sudo tdnf remove amdgpu amdgpu-firmware kernel-drivers-gpu

Remove ROCm and AMDGPU repositories#

# Remove the repositories
sudo tdnf remove azurelinux-repos-amd
sudo rm /etc/yum.repos.d/rocm.repo*
sudo rm /etc/yum.repos.d/amdgpu.repo*

# Clear the cache and clean the system
sudo rm -rf /var/cache/tdnf
sudo tdnf clean all

# Restart the system
sudo reboot