IMPORTANT: Full list of compatible cards:
- Radeon™ RX 480 Graphics
Radeon™ RX 470 Graphics
Radeon™ RX 460 Graphics
AMD Radeon™ R9 Fury X Graphics
AMD Radeon™ R9 Fury Graphics
AMD Radeon™ R9 Nano Graphics
AMD Radeon™ R9 390X Graphics
AMD Radeon™ R9 390 Graphics
AMD Radeon™ R9 380X Graphics
AMD Radeon™ R9 380 Graphics
AMD Radeon™ R9 M395X Graphics
AMD Radeon™ R9 M385 Graphics
AMD Radeon™ R9 M380 Graphics
AMD Radeon™ R9 M270X Graphics
AMD Radeon™ R9 360 Graphics
AMD Radeon™ R9 290X Graphics
AMD Radeon™ R9 290 Graphics
AMD Radeon™ R9 285 Graphics
AMD Radeon™ R7 260X Graphics
AMD Radeon™ R7 260 Graphics
Ok, so now that that's out of the way, the first step is to download the driver from the AMD site: http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-article ... Notes.aspx
(Scroll down and find the link that says "AMDGPU-Pro Driver Version 16.30 for Ubuntu 16.04" and download it)
Assuming the file is saved to your "Downloads" folder, enter the following commands into the terminal:
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cd DownloadsCode: Select all
tar -Jxvf amdgpu-pro_16.30.3-315407.tar.xzCode: Select all
cd amdgpu-pro-driverCode: Select all
nano amdgpu-pro-installCode: Select all
#!/bin/bash
#
# Copyright 2016 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
#
# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
# copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
# to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
# the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
# and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
# Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
#
# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
#
# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
# THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S) OR AUTHOR(S) BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR
# OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE,
# ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
# OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
set -e
REPOSITORY="/var/opt/amdgpu-pro"
usage() {
cat <<END_USAGE
Usage: $PROG [options...]
Options:
-h|--help display this help message
Unless the -h|--help option is given, 'apt-get' options may be present.
END_USAGE
}
function stderr() {
cat - 1>&2
}
function os_release() {
[[ -r /etc/os-release ]] && . /etc/os-release
case "$ID" in
linuxmint)
PACKAGES="amdgpu-pro amdgpu-pro-lib32 amdgpu-pro-dkms"
;;
steamos)
PACKAGES="amdgpu-pro-driver amdgpu-pro-lib32 "`
`"glx-alternative-amdgpu-pro amdgpu-pro-dkms"
;;
*)
echo "Unsupported OS" | stderr
exit 1
;;
esac
}
function source_list() {
local dir etc sourceparts
eval $(apt-config shell dir Dir)
eval $(apt-config shell etc Dir::Etc)
eval $(apt-config shell sourceparts Dir::Etc::sourceparts)
echo ${dir}${etc}${sourceparts}/amdgpu-pro.list
}
function amdgpu_pro_install() {
local src=$(cd ${0%/*} && pwd -P)
local index=$src/Packages.gz
os_release
amdgpu_pro_uninstall $@
if [[ -r $index ]]; then
$SUDO mkdir -p $REPOSITORY && $SUDO cp -af $src/* $_
$SUDO ln -s $_/$PROG $SBIN/${PROG%-*}-uninstall
echo "deb file:$REPOSITORY/ ./" | $SUDO tee $(source_list)
$SUDO apt-get update ||:
$SUDO apt-get $@ install $PACKAGES
fi
}
function amdgpu_pro_uninstall() {
local p
local installed=()
[[ -r "$(source_list)" ]] || return 0
for p in $(zcat $REPOSITORY/Packages.gz | awk '{
if ($1 == "Package:")
p = $2;
else if ($1 == "Architecture:")
print p ":" $2
}')
do
if dpkg -s $p >/dev/null 2>&1; then
installed+=($p)
fi
done
$SUDO apt-get $@ remove --purge ${installed[@]}
$SUDO rm -rf $SBIN/${PROG%-*}-uninstall $(source_list) $REPOSITORY
$SUDO apt-get update ||:
}
PROG=${0##*/}
ARGS="$@"
SUDO=$([[ $(id -u) -ne 0 ]] && echo "sudo" ||:)
SBIN="/usr/bin"
while (($#))
do
case "$1" in
-h|--help)
usage
exit 0
;;
*)
shift
;;
esac
done
set -- $ARGS
amdgpu_pro_${0##*-} $@
One last terminal command:
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amdgpu-pro-driver/amdgpu-pro-installIMPORTANT: Make sure your user account is a member of the "video" group.
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sudo usermod -a -G video $LOGNAME
If anyone has any questions or this does not work, let me know and I can try to help.
[EDIT]: Fixed some typos.
[EDIT]: R7 260 missing from list of compatible cards
[EDIT]: Forgot an important step
There is a full list of compatible cards on the AMD site and in my post. People with APUs are stuck with the radeon drivers that ship with mint 
