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page-title: "Prerequisites"
url: https://docs.amd.com/bundle/ROCm-Installation-Guide-v5.4.3/page/Prerequisites.html
date: "2023-04-23 18:20:19"
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## Prerequisites

You must perform the following steps before installing ROCm and check if the system meets all the requirements to proceed with the installation.

Follow these steps:

1.      Confirm the system has a supported Linux distribution version.

2.      Confirm the system has a ROCm-capable GPU.

3.      Confirm the system has all the required tools and packages installed.

## Confirm the System Has a Supported Linux Distribution Version

The ROCm installation is supported only on specific Linux distributions and kernel versions.

NOTE:

ROCm installation is not supported on 32-bit operating systems.

### Check the Linux Distribution and Kernel Version on Your System

This section discusses obtaining information about the Linux distribution and kernel version.

#### Linux Distribution Information

Verify the Linux distribution using the following steps:

1.     To obtain the Linux distribution information, type the following command on your system from the Command Line Interface (CLI):

**2.**     Confirm that the obtained Linux distribution information matches with [System Requirements.](https://docs.amd.com/bundle/ROCm-Installation-Guide-v5.4.3/page/Introduction_to_ROCm_Installation_Guide_for_Linux.html#d4616e529)

  **E****xample****:** Running the command above on an Ubuntu system results in the following output:

#### Kernel Information

Verify the kernel version using the following steps:

1.     To check the kernel version of your Linux system, type the following command:

2.     Confirm that the obtained kernel version information matches with [System Requirements.](https://docs.amd.com/bundle/ROCm-Installation-Guide-v5.4.3/page/Introduction_to_ROCm_Installation_Guide_for_Linux.html#d4616e529)

**Example:** The output of the command above lists the kernel version in the following format:

## Confirm the System has a ROCm-Capable GPU

The ROCm platform is designed to support the following GPUs:

**Table 2****.** **GPU** **S****upport for** **ROCm** **P****rogramming** **M****odels**

**Classification**

**GPU Name**

**GFX** **ID**

**Product Id**

**GFX9 GPUs**

AMD Radeon Instinct™ MI50

gfx906

Vega 20

AMD Radeon Instinct™ MI60

AMD Radeon™ VII

AMD Radeon™ Pro VII

**RDNA GPUs**

AMD Radeon™ Pro W6800

gfx1030

Navi 21 GL-XL

AMD Radeon™ Pro V620

Navi 21 GL-XE

**CDNA GPUs**

AMD Instinct™ MI100

gfx908

Arcturus

AMD Instinct™ MI200

gfx90a

Aldebaran

### Verify Your System Has a ROCm-Capable GPU

To verify that your system has a ROCm-capable GPU, use these steps:

1.     Enter the following command from the Command Line Interface (CLI):

The command displays the details of detected GPUs on the system in the following format in the case of AMD Instinct™ MI200:

2.     Verify from the output that the listed product names match with the Product Id given in the table above.

## Confirm the System Has All the Required Tools and Packages Installed

To check if the required tools and packages are available on the system, refer the following sections.

### Required Packages

Verify if the wget, gnupg2, gawk and curl packages are available on your system using the following command based on your OS distribution:

**U****buntu****/D****ebian**

**RHEL**

**SLES/O****pen****SUSE**

If the wget, gnupg2, gawk and curl packages are not available on your system, install using the following commands based on your OS distribution:

**U****buntu****/D****ebian**

**RHEL**

**SLES/O****pen****SUSE**

### Register the System to the Subscription Manager

**RHEL v8.x/9.x**

To register RHEL v8.x/9.x system to the subscription manager, refer to the following documentation:

[https://access.redhat.com/solutions/253273](https://access.redhat.com/solutions/253273)  

**SLES** **15** **SP****4**

To register SLES 15 SP4 system, refer to the following documentation:

[https://documentation.suse.com/sles/12-SP5/single-html/SLES-smt/index.html](https://documentation.suse.com/sles/12-SP5/single-html/SLES-smt/index.html)

### Enable Additional Repositories

Use the following commands to get the required tools and packages.

**RHEL** **v****8.x**

Install the EPEL repository and enable the CodeReady Linux Builder repository on RHEL v8.x using the commands below:

**RHEL** **v9****.x**

Use the following command to download and install EPEL from [https://dl.fedoraproject.org](https://dl.fedoraproject.org/) for RHEL v9.x:

**SLES** **15** **SP4**

Add the perl repository using the following commands:

### Setting Permissions for Groups

This section provides steps to add any current user to a video group to access GPU resources.

1.     To check the groups in your system, issue the following command:

2.     Add yourself to the render or video group using the following instruction:

3.     Use of the video group is recommended for all ROCm-supported operating systems.

NOTE:

render group is required only for Ubuntu v20.04.

To add future users to the video and render groups, run the following command: