Radeon RX 500 Linux Mint 18 Driver Installation
Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Download and Install Radeon RX 500 Linux Mint 18 Driver.
The following Instructions shows the AMDGPU-Pro Driver Installation on Mint Linux.
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Open a Shell Terminal emulator window
(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*.tar.xz -C /tmp/
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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 "$ID" in/nubuntu)
In:
case "$ID_LIKE" in/nubuntu)
Ctrl+x to Save & Exit from nano Editor :)
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Now Run the Radeon Mint Driver Installer
Change to the Target directory:cd /tmp/amdgpu-pro*
Then Install it with:
sudo ./amdgpu-pro-install -y
Wait patiently until the Kermel modules are build and installed…