SUSE Linux Enterprise native installation

SUSE Linux Enterprise native installation#

2025-08-01

4 min read time

Applies to Linux

Caution

Ensure that the Installation prerequisites are met before installing.

Note

The following installation steps also apply when upgrading from a previous ROCm version.

Registering ROCm repositories#

SLES 15.7

sudo tee /etc/zypp/repos.d/rocm.repo <<EOF
[ROCm-6.4.3]
name=ROCm6.4.3
baseurl=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/zyp/6.4.3/main
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/rocm.gpg.key
EOF

sudo zypper refresh

SLES 15.6

sudo tee /etc/zypp/repos.d/rocm.repo <<EOF
[ROCm-6.4.3]
name=ROCm6.4.3
baseurl=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/zyp/6.4.3/main
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://repo.radeon.com/rocm/rocm.gpg.key
EOF

sudo zypper refresh

Installing#

sudo zypper --gpg-auto-import-keys install rocm

ROCm installation can be tailored to your requirements using one more combinations of ROCm meta packages:

To use pre-built ROCm libraries and tools, include ROCm runtime packages in the installation step.
To develop and build individual ROCm libraries and tools, include ROCm developer packages in the installation step.

ROCm runtime packages#

Meta package	Description	Legacy use case [1]
`rocm`	All ROCm core packages, tools, and libraries.	`rocm`
`rocm-language-runtime`	ROCm runtime environment for running applications on the AMD platform.	`lrt`
`rocm-hip-runtime`	Run HIP applications written for the AMD platform.	`hip`
`rocm-hip-libraries`	HIP libraries optimized for the AMD platform.	Legacy use case does not exist.
`rocm-opencl-runtime`	Run OpenCL-based applications on the AMD platform.	`opencl`
`rocm-ml-libraries`	Key machine learning libraries. Includes MIOpen.	`mllib`

Other packages
`amdgpu-lib`	For users of graphics applications which require the open source Mesa 3D graphics and multimedia libraries. This package is primarily used for Radeon GPUs.	`graphics`
`hsa-runtime-rocr4wsl-amdgpu`	For users of ROCm in a Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) context. This package is only supported for Ubuntu.	`wsl`

ROCm developer packages#

Meta package	Description	Legacy use case [1]
`rocm-developer-tools`	Debug and profile HIP applications.	`rocmdevtools`
`rocm-hip-runtime-devel`	Develop applications on HIP or port from CUDA.	Legacy use case does not exist.
`rocm-hip-sdk`	Develop or port HIP applications and libraries for the AMD platform.	`hiplibsdk`
`rocm-opencl-sdk`	Develop OpenCL-based applications for the AMD platform.	`openclsdk`
`rocm-openmp-sdk`	Develop OpenMP-based applications for the AMD software.	`openmpsdk`
`rocm-ml-sdk`	Develop and run machine learning applications for AMD.	`mlsdk`

Footnotes

Post-installation#

Complete the Post-installation instructions.

Uninstalling#

Uninstall ROCm meta packages#

sudo zypper remove rocm
sudo zypper remove rocm-core amdgpu-core

Remove ROCm repositories#

# Remove the repositories
sudo zypper removerepo "ROCm-6.4.3"

# Clear cache and clean system
sudo zypper clean --all
sudo zypper refresh

# Restart the system
sudo reboot