Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Radeon HD 8500M / HD 8800M Driver Installation
Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Download and Install AMD ATI Radeon HD 8500M / HD 8800M Video Graphics Card Driver for Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus LTS 64-bit GNU/Linux Desktop.
The following Instructions shows you How to Download & Install the AMDGPU Pro Proprietary Linux Graphics Driver.
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Open a Shell Terminal emulator window
Ctrl+Alt+t on Desktop
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
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Download AMD ATI Radeon Driver for Ubuntu
Grab the Ubuntu 16.04 Version.
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Double-Click on Archive and Extract into /tmp.
Or from Shell:tar -Jxvf amdgpu-pro* -C /tmp
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Installing the Radeon Ubuntu 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…