Ubuntu - GPU - AMD GPU - Setup - Setup using the AMD Installer Script - Use case options

Use cases allow users to install only a subset of the parts concerning them, resulting in smaller installation footprint and faster installs/upgrades.

• See https://rocm.docs.amd.com/en/latest/deploy/linux/install_overview.html

There are various use cases that can be installed.

• There is no need to select alternative use cases, as the default should work fine.
• However, some use cases may be helpful, such as
  • rocm - for users and developers requiring full ROCm stack.
  • lrt - for users of applications requiring ROCm runtime.
  • opencl - for users of applications requiring OpenCL on Vega or later products.
  • openclsdk - for application developers requiring ROCr based OpenCL.
  • hip - for users of HIP runtime on AMD products.
  • hiplibsdk - for application developers requiring HIP on AMD products.

To display a list of available use cases:

sudo amdgpu-install --list-usecase

There are various installation options that can be chosen, including:

A basic install without any arguments, should be sufficient.

sudo amdgpu-install

sudo amdgpu-install --usecase=rocm

sudo amdgpu-install --usecase=dkms

sudo amdgpu-install --usecase=hiplibsdk,rocm

amdgpu-install -y --usecase=rocm