How-to Install Radeon RX 500 Linux Mint 18 Driver

June 13th, 2017 by thelinuxevangelist

Radeon RX 500 Linux Mint 18 Driver Installation

The Linux 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.

How-to Download and Install AMD Radeon RX 500 Driver for Linux Mint 18 LTS - Featured

Open a Shell Terminal emulator window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)
Download AMD ATI Radeon Driver for Ubuntu:

ATI .deb Ubuntu Driver

AMD ATI Drivers.

Grab the Ubuntu 16.04 Version.

Double-Click on Archive and Extract into /tmp

Or from Shell:
```
tar Jxvf amdgpu-pro*.tar.xz -C /tmp/
```
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 :)
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…

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