Step-by-step – Radeon RX 6900 XT Driver Installation in Ubuntu 20.04

January 24, 2021 | By the+gnu+linux+evangelist.

Installing

  1. 2. Downloading AMDGPU Driver

    Download AMDGPU Driver for Ubuntu GNU/Linux

    AMDGPU Driver tar.xz Archive

    Grab the Available Release.

  2. 3. Extracting AMDGPU Driver

    Then Extract AMDGPU Driver into /tmp Directory
    If it does Not Open automatically then possibly Double-Click on File Manager:

    How to Install Radeon RX 6900 XT Driver on Ubuntu 20.04 Focal - Extracting
    Or from Command Line:

    tar xvzf ~/Downloads/amdgpu-pro*.tar.gz -C /tmp/

    But if you are in Trouble to Find the Location on Terminal then See: How to Access Downloads Folder from Browser.

  3. 4. Installing AMDGPU Driver

    Then to Install Radeon RX 6900 XT Driver on Ubuntu
    First, possibly check if a previous version is already installed with:

    apt show amdgpu-pro

    And if yes then to remove it use:

    sudo apt purge amdgpu-pro

    Next to Set up the Proprietary AMDGPU Pro Version execute:

    /tmp/amdgpu*/amdgpu-pro-install -y

    Again for the Pro with OpenCL Support:

    /tmp/amdgpu*/amdgpu-pro-install --opencl=pal,legacy -y

    Instead, for the OpenCL Headless variant do:

    /tmp/amdgpu*/amdgpu-pro-install --opencl=pal,legacy -y --headless

    Last, for the Open-Source alternative play:

    /tmp/amdgpu*/amdgpu-install -y

    Finally, to load it reboot with:

    sudo reboot

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