I posted this question on the AMD community forums, but decided to also post it here as it seemed relevant to Ubuntu.
I seem to be having issues installing the latest driver on Ubuntu Server. I've installed amdgpu-pro 18.2 on Ubuntu 18.04 in the past but I can't at all get the amdgpu-pro 18.40-676022 driver (Download Not Complete | AMD from Radeon™ Software for Linux® 18.40 Highlights | AMD ) to install on a fresh install of Ubuntu Server 18.04.1. I've downloaded the driver twice and verified that both had the same SHA256 checksums (is there an official repository of the driver checksums?)
It works neither on its own nor with flags
$ ./amdgpu-pro-install deb [ trusted=yes ] file:/var/opt/amdgpu-pro-local/ ./ Get:1 file:/var/opt/amdgpu-pro-local ./ InRelease Ign:1 file:/var/opt/amdgpu-pro-local ./ InRelease Get:2 file:/var/opt/amdgpu-pro-local ./ Release [816 B] Get:2 file:/var/opt/amdgpu-pro-local ./ Release [816 B] Get:3 file:/var/opt/amdgpu-pro-local ./ Release.gpg Ign:3 file:/var/opt/amdgpu-pro-local ./ Release.gpg Hit:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ethereum/ethereum/ubuntu bionic InRelease Hit:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease [83.2 kB] Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease [88.7 kB] Fetched 172 kB in 4s (45.3 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done Package: *amdgpu* Pin: release o=AMD Pin: version *-676022 Pin-Priority: 1000 Package: *amdgpu*:i386 Pin: release o=AMD Pin: version *-676022 Pin-Priority: 1000 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: amdgpu : Depends: mesa-amdgpu-va-drivers (= 1:18.1.0-676022) but it is not going to be installed Depends: mesa-amdgpu-omx-drivers (= 1:18.1.0-676022) but it is not going to be installed Depends: gst-omx-amdgpu (= 1.0.0.1-676022) but it is not going to be installed amdgpu-lib32 : Depends: libdrm2-amdgpu:i386 (= 1:2.4.92-676022) Depends: libdrm-amdgpu-amdgpu1:i386 (= 1:2.4.92-676022) Depends: libllvm6.0-amdgpu:i386 (= 1:6.0-676022) Depends: libwayland-amdgpu-client0:i386 (= 1.14.0-676022) Depends: libwayland-amdgpu-server0:i386 (= 1.14.0-676022) Depends: libxatracker2-amdgpu:i386 (= 1:18.1.0-676022) Depends: libgbm1-amdgpu:i386 (= 1:18.1.0-676022) Depends: libegl1-amdgpu-mesa:i386 (= 1:18.1.0-676022) Depends: libegl1-amdgpu-mesa-drivers:i386 (= 1:18.1.0-676022) Depends: libwayland-amdgpu-egl1-mesa:i386 (= 1:18.1.0-676022) Depends: libgles1-amdgpu-mesa:i386 (= 1:18.1.0-676022) Depends: libgles2-amdgpu-mesa:i386 (= 1:18.1.0-676022) Depends: libglapi-amdgpu-mesa:i386 (= 1:18.1.0-676022) Depends: libgl1-amdgpu-mesa-glx:i386 (= 1:18.1.0-676022) Depends: libgl1-amdgpu-mesa-dri:i386 (= 1:18.1.0-676022) Depends: libosmesa6-amdgpu:i386 (= 1:18.1.0-676022) Depends: mesa-amdgpu-va-drivers:i386 (= 1:18.1.0-676022) Depends: mesa-amdgpu-vdpau-drivers:i386 (= 1:18.1.0-676022) amdgpu-pro-lib32 : Depends: libgl1-amdgpu-pro-glx:i386 (= 18.40-676022) Depends: libegl1-amdgpu-pro:i386 (= 18.40-676022) Depends: libgles2-amdgpu-pro:i386 (= 18.40-676022) Depends: libgl1-amdgpu-pro-dri:i386 (= 18.40-676022) Depends: libgbm1-amdgpu-pro:i386 (= 18.40-676022) vulkan-amdgpu-pro:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.17) but it is not installable Depends: libgcc1:i386 (>= 1:3.3.1) but it is not installable Depends: libstdc++6:i386 (>= 4.8) but it is not installable Depends: wsa-amdgpu:i386 but it is not going to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
$ ./amdgpu-pro-install --opencl=legacy --headless deb [ trusted=yes ] file:/var/opt/amdgpu-pro-local/ ./ Get:1 file:/var/opt/amdgpu-pro-local ./ InRelease Ign:1 file:/var/opt/amdgpu-pro-local ./ InRelease Get:2 file:/var/opt/amdgpu-pro-local ./ Release [816 B] Get:2 file:/var/opt/amdgpu-pro-local ./ Release [816 B] Get:3 file:/var/opt/amdgpu-pro-local ./ Release.gpg Ign:3 file:/var/opt/amdgpu-pro-local ./ Release.gpg Hit:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ethereum/ethereum/ubuntu bionic InRelease Hit:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease [83.2 kB] Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease [88.7 kB] Fetched 172 kB in 5s (32.7 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done Package: *amdgpu* Pin: release o=AMD Pin: version *-676022 Pin-Priority: 1000 Package: *amdgpu*:i386 Pin: release o=AMD Pin: version *-676022 Pin-Priority: 1000 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: amdgpu : Depends: mesa-amdgpu-va-drivers (= 1:18.1.0-676022) but it is not going to be installed Depends: mesa-amdgpu-omx-drivers (= 1:18.1.0-676022) but it is not going to be installed Depends: gst-omx-amdgpu (= 1.0.0.1-676022) but it is not going to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
I've also tried upgrading the 18.2 driver to 18.4 on the ubuntu server 18.04 and that caused issues and now I cant even uninstall amdgpu-pro on the 18.04 server to downgrade to 18.2
$ amdgpu-pro-uninstall Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done You might want to run 'apt --fix-broken install' to correct these. The following packages have unmet dependencies: amdgpu : Depends: amdgpu-core (= 18.40-676022) but it is not going to be installed Depends: libdrm-amdgpu-common (= 1.0.0-676022) but it is not going to be installed amdgpu-dkms : Depends: amdgpu-core but it is not going to be installed amdgpu-pro-core : Depends: amdgpu-core but it is not going to be installed glamor-amdgpu : Depends: amdgpu-core but it is not going to be installed gst-omx-amdgpu : Depends: amdgpu-core but it is not going to be installed ids-amdgpu : Depends: amdgpu-core but it is not going to be installed libdrm-amdgpu-amdgpu1 : Depends: libdrm-amdgpu-common but it is not going to be installed libdrm-amdgpu-amdgpu1:i386 : Depends: libdrm-amdgpu-common:i386 libdrm2-amdgpu : Depends: amdgpu-core but it is not going to be installed libdrm2-amdgpu:i386 : Depends: amdgpu-core:i386 libegl1-amdgpu-mesa : Depends: amdgpu-core but it is not going to be installed libegl1-amdgpu-mesa:i386 : Depends: amdgpu-core:i386 libgbm1-amdgpu : Depends: amdgpu-core but it is not going to be installed libgbm1-amdgpu:i386 : Depends: amdgpu-core:i386 libgl1-amdgpu-mesa-dri : Depends: amdgpu-core but it is not going to be installed Recommends: libtxc-dxtn-s2tc0 but it is not installable or libtxc-dxtn0 but it is not installable libgl1-amdgpu-mesa-dri:i386 : Depends: amdgpu-core:i386 Recommends: libtxc-dxtn-s2tc0:i386 but it is not installable or libtxc-dxtn0:i386 but it is not installable libglapi-amdgpu-mesa : Depends: amdgpu-core but it is not going to be installed libglapi-amdgpu-mesa:i386 : Depends: amdgpu-core:i386 libllvm6.0-amdgpu : Depends: amdgpu-core but it is not going to be installed libllvm6.0-amdgpu:i386 : Depends: amdgpu-core:i386 libwayland-amdgpu-client0 : Depends: amdgpu-core but it is not going to be installed libwayland-amdgpu-client0:i386 : Depends: amdgpu-core:i386 libwayland-amdgpu-server0 : Depends: amdgpu-core but it is not going to be installed libwayland-amdgpu-server0:i386 : Depends: amdgpu-core:i386 mesa-amdgpu-va-drivers : Depends: amdgpu-core but it is not going to be installed mesa-amdgpu-va-drivers:i386 : Depends: amdgpu-core:i386 mesa-amdgpu-vdpau-drivers : Depends: amdgpu-core but it is not going to be installed mesa-amdgpu-vdpau-drivers:i386 : Depends: amdgpu-core:i386 wsa-amdgpu:i386 : Depends: amdgpu-core:i386 wsa-amdgpu : Depends: amdgpu-core but it is not going to be installed xserver-xorg-amdgpu-video-amdgpu : Depends: amdgpu-core but it is not going to be installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
$ sudo apt --fix-broken install Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required: ids-amdgpu Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove it. The following additional packages will be installed: libdrm-amdgpu-common The following NEW packages will be installed: libdrm-amdgpu-common 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 184 not upgraded. 64 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0 B/6,736 B of archives. After this operation, 28.7 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y Get:1 file:/var/opt/amdgpu-pro-local ./ libdrm-amdgpu-common 1.0.0-676022 [6,736 B] (Reading database ... 114143 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../libdrm-amdgpu-common_1.0.0-676022_all.deb ... Unpacking libdrm-amdgpu-common (1.0.0-676022) ... dpkg: error processing archive /var/opt/amdgpu-pro-local/./libdrm-amdgpu-common_1.0.0-676022_all.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite '/opt/amdgpu/share/libdrm/amdgpu.ids', which is also in package ids-amdgpu 1.0.0-606296 Errors were encountered while processing: /var/opt/amdgpu-pro-local/./libdrm-amdgpu-common_1.0.0-676022_all.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
$ sudo apt remove amdgpu* Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package amdgpu_18.40-676022_amd64.deb E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'amdgpu_18.40-676022_amd64.deb' E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'amdgpu_18.40-676022_amd64.deb' E: Unable to locate package amdgpu_18.40-676022_i386.deb E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'amdgpu_18.40-676022_i386.deb' E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'amdgpu_18.40-676022_i386.deb' E: Unable to locate package amdgpu-core_18.40-676022_all.deb E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'amdgpu-core_18.40-676022_all.deb' E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'amdgpu-core_18.40-676022_all.deb' E: Unable to locate package amdgpu-dkms_18.40-676022_all.deb E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'amdgpu-dkms_18.40-676022_all.deb' E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'amdgpu-dkms_18.40-676022_all.deb' E: Unable to locate package amdgpu-doc_18.40-676022_all.deb E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'amdgpu-doc_18.40-676022_all.deb' E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'amdgpu-doc_18.40-676022_all.deb' E: Unable to locate package amdgpu-install E: Unable to locate package amdgpu-lib32_18.40-676022_amd64.deb E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'amdgpu-lib32_18.40-676022_amd64.deb' E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'amdgpu-lib32_18.40-676022_amd64.deb' E: Unable to locate package amdgpu-pro_18.40-676022_amd64.deb E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'amdgpu-pro_18.40-676022_amd64.deb' E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'amdgpu-pro_18.40-676022_amd64.deb' E: Unable to locate package amdgpu-pro_18.40-676022_i386.deb E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'amdgpu-pro_18.40-676022_i386.deb' E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'amdgpu-pro_18.40-676022_i386.deb' E: Unable to locate package amdgpu-pro-core_18.40-676022_all.deb E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'amdgpu-pro-core_18.40-676022_all.deb' E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'amdgpu-pro-core_18.40-676022_all.deb' E: Unable to locate package amdgpu-pro-install E: Unable to locate package amdgpu-pro-lib32_18.40-676022_amd64.deb E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'amdgpu-pro-lib32_18.40-676022_amd64.deb' E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'amdgpu-pro-lib32_18.40-676022_amd64.deb'https://drivers.amd.com/drivers/linux/amdgpu-pro-18.40-676022-ubuntu-18.04.tar.xzI tried installing the
amdgpu-pro-18.20-606296driver on Ubuntu Server 18.04.01 and I seem to have gotten the same error messages. Maybe this is an issue with ubuntu repositories or something.I tried installing the AMD 18.40 driver in a virtual machine (Ubuntu Desktop 18.04.1, Ubuntu desktop 16.04.5, Ubuntu Server 16.04.5, Ubuntu Server 18.04.1)
- Desktop 18: seemed to install but gave an error:
WARNING: amdgpu dkms failed for running kernel (assuming this has something to do with the virtual machine)
- Desktop 16: same as Desktop 18
- Server 16: seemed to install without issue
Server 18: same issues as above, also tried with AMD drivers 18.20 and 18.30 and none worked, all gave
Depends: mesa-amdgpu-va-drivers ... but it is not going to be installedI tried installing the package manually which led toDepends: libval1-amdgpu ... Package 'libva1-amdgpu' has no installation candidateSo I'm guessing this is an issue specific to Server 18.04.1 and not Ubuntu 18.04.1 in general since it seems to install fine in Ubuntu Desktop 18.04.1.
I tried changing the mirror in the server 18.04.1 installation from
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntutohttp://ao.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntusince that's the mirror desktop seems to be using but that didn't seem to do anything.Confirmed working on Ubuntu Desktop 18.04.1. I installed Ubuntu Desktop 18.04.1 onto a flash drive and was able to install amd-gpu-pro 18.40 and successfully run it with an RX 470.
Still won't install on Ubuntu Server 18.04.1 and I still have no idea why.
Best Answer
The question was answered in this thread on AMD Community by jgrevich.