Oracle Linux native installation

Oracle Linux native installation#

2025-04-11

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Applies to Linux

Caution

Ensure that the Installation prerequisites are met before installing.

Register repositories#

Register ROCm packages#

sudo tee --append /etc/yum.repos.d/rocm.repo <<EOF
[ROCm-6.4]
name=ROCm6.4
baseurl=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/el9/6.4/main
enabled=1
priority=50
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/rocm.gpg.key
EOF
sudo dnf clean all

sudo tee --append /etc/yum.repos.d/rocm.repo <<EOF
[ROCm-6.4]
name=ROCm6.4
baseurl=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/el8/6.4/main
enabled=1
priority=50
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/rocm.gpg.key
EOF
sudo dnf clean all

Installing#

Install ROCm packages#

sudo dnf 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 dnf remove rocm
# Or for version specific packages:
sudo dnf remove rocm6.4

Uninstall ROCm packages#

sudo dnf remove rocm-core amdgpu-core
# Or for version specific packages:
sudo dnf remove rocm-core6.4 amdgpu-core

Remove ROCm repositories#

# Remove the repositories
sudo rm /etc/yum.repos.d/rocm.repo*

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

# Restart the system
sudo reboot
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