How to Install ATI Radeon R9 285 Driver on Linux Mint 18.x LTS

March 2, 2017 | By the+gnu+linux+evangelist.

Mint 18.x Radeon R9 285 Driver Installation

Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Download and Install AMD ATI Radeon R9 285 Video Graphics Card Driver in Mint 18.x Sarah/Serena/Sonya/Sylvia LTS 64-bit Mate/Cinnamon/KDE/Xfce GNU/Linux Desktop.

The following Instructions shows you How to Download & Install the AMDGPU Pro Proprietary Linux Graphics Driver.

How to Download and Install AMD Radeon R9 285 Driver in Mint 18.x LTS - Featured
  1. Open a Shell Terminal emulator window
    (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

    Installing ATI AMD Radeon R9 285 Driver on Mint 18.x - Open Terminal
  2. Download AMD ATI Radeon Driver in Mint

    ATI .deb Mint Driver

    Grab the Ubuntu 16.04 Version.

  3. Double-Click on Archive and Extract into /tmp.

    Radeon R9 285 Driver Installation on Mint 18.x - Extraction
    Or from Shell:

    tar -Jxvf amdgpu-pro* -C /tmp
  4. Then Amend the Installation Script
    Because by default it supports Only Ubuntu..

    sudo nano +49 amdgpu-pro-install

    This to find and edit near the 49th row of the Script.
    (Use the Arrows to Navigate)
    And Change:

    case "$ID" in
    ubuntu)

    In:

    case "$ID_LIKE" in
    ubuntu)

    Ctrl+x to Save & Exit from nano Editor :)

  5. Installing the Radeon Mint Driver
    Change to the Target directory:

    cd /tmp/amdgpu-pro*

    Install it with:

    sudo ./amdgpu-pro-install -y

    Wait patiently until the Kermel modules are build and installed…


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