Can't install amdgpu-pro 18.40 on Ubuntu Server 18.04.01

Question

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.

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$ ./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.

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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

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$ 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).

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$ 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)

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$ 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.xz

I tried installing the amdgpu-pro-18.20-606296 driver 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 installed I tried installing the package manually which led to

  Depends: libval1-amdgpu ...
  Package 'libva1-amdgpu' has no installation candidate
  

So 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/ubuntu to http://ao.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu since 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.

Solution 1

The question was answered in this thread on AMD Community by jgrevich.

Out of the box 18.04 doesn't have those packages. Try adding the universe apt repo:

sudo apt-add-repository universe

Solution 2

For those who couldn't install by adding universe repo can try

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386

As the dependencies are i386. I do not know what other problems this can create especially when you install other packages later - so use it at your own risk.

Comments

[Levente]

And OP confirmed it to be the solution.