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I am trying to install AMD drivers for my RX 480 8GB GPU and I'm following this article from AMD to install it.

When I get to the point of running this command

./amdgpu-pro-install -y

It throws an error saying: Unsupported DEB-based OS: /etc/os-release ID 'elementary'

I looked it up on the internet and I found one article about it. It was this one. In the answer, it says to find "ubuntu" string inside the code of the amdgpu-pro-install and replace it with debian. But I can't find the ubuntu string inside of that file, maybe the code changed since the question was asked.

What I see in that file is

function os_release() {
        if [[ -r  /etc/os-release ]]; then
                . /etc/os-release

                case "$ID" in
                ubuntu|linuxmint|debian)
                        :
                        ;;
                *)
                        echo "Unsupported DEB-based OS: `
                                `/etc/os-release ID '$ID'" | stderr
                        exit 1
                        ;;
                esac
        else
                echo "Unsupported OS" | stderr
                exit 1
        fi
}

There is ubuntu in the case but I don't think that's it.

What can I do?

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  • Can you please tell where is the file exactly present in which we have to change the string?
    – Chinmay Sonawane
    Jan 5, 2022 at 12:39

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you will must make some modifications in the system, look this link:

AMDGPU-Pro on Juno to improve performance and compability

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  • Does it matter if this answer is for Juno version? I am using Hera.
    – crodev
    Apr 26, 2020 at 18:12
  • sure! just change this: on line 3 of ID=elementary to ID=ubuntu and on line 6 of VERSION_ID = "5.1" to VERSION_ID = "18.04"
    – Javier A.
    May 2, 2020 at 18:39
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If I understand the code correctly, it checks the name of the release (in your case elementary) and tries to match it to ubuntu|linuxmint|debian (| means or). If release is different from any of this options, it prints Unsupported DEB-based OS:.

Based on this, I would try to replace debian with elementary and see what happens.

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  • Exactly. You are absolutely right. | means or so just add after debian | elementary
    – Sysadmin
    Apr 26, 2020 at 20:15
  • but there is a problem, many files have that check, is more "easy" if u do the system modification ;)
    – Javier A.
    Aug 12, 2021 at 19:22
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ubuntu|linuxmint|debian|zorin|kubuntu|elementary)

Could work, but since this mod is maybe needed in other files, faking your os ID may work better:

echo SETUP KLUDGE OF OS RELEASE to ubuntu
sudo mv /etc/os-release /etc/os-release-backup
sudo cat /etc/os-release-backup | sudo grep -v ^ID= > /etc/os-release-ubuntu
sudo echo "ID=ubuntu" >> /etc/os-release-ubuntu
sudo mv /etc/os-release-ubuntu /etc/os-release
cat /etc/os-release

then ./amdgpu-pro-install -y and to restore the backup and put back to what you had:

echo REMOVE KLUDGE OF OS RELEASE restore backup
sudo mv /etc/os-release        /etc/os-release-ubuntu
sudo mv /etc/os-release-backup /etc/os-release
cat /etc/os-release

Careful with the > it likes to wipe files. Use >> to add / append to them. Not sure if the order matters.

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