AMD OpenCL works with non-Arch-based distributions.
AMD OpenCL works with non-Arch-based distributions.
Hey everyone, I’ve made the switch from Windows to Linux completely. The biggest challenge was getting my AMD GPU to run with Davinci Resolve—thankfully it’s now working smoothly using EndeavourOS and an OpenCL package from a developer on the AUR. It’s great how it turned out, but I still have some concerns about Arch Linux. I’m a big fan of Point-Release distros, especially Linux Mint (the 21 beta version), though I’m not sure how to install OpenCL packages there. Since Ubuntu 22.04 doesn’t have the AMDGPU-PRO package for Resolve, I’m wondering if it’s possible to get OpenCL installed on other Linux systems instead. Should I stick with Arch or look elsewhere?
So all yhe aur package does is download opencl from AMD's repo and unpacks a deb file to manually install it. If you digest the pkbuild script from archlinux it looks like it's doable to install it. https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/t...opencl-amd To install a deb file all you need to do is run this command sudo dpkg -i file.deb There a GUI tool called Gdebi to do this as well and even the software store can install deb files. however a word of warning here, you downloading and installing a deb package. While this should work for a debian based OS, theres no garauntee of it actually working.
It's surprising to see how the AUR script fetches its packages—it definitely came from an external source. Thanks! I plan to test the DEB package on Mint 21 soon and will share my findings.