How To Install rocm-smi on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install rocm-smi on Rocky Linux 8. rocm-smi is AMD ROCm System Management Interface

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rocm-smi on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `rocm-smi`

This package includes the rocm-smi tool. This tool exposes functionality for clock and temperature management of your ROCm enabled system.

We can use yum or dnf to install rocm-smi on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rocm-smi.

Install rocm-smi on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install rocm-smi using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rocm-smi

Install rocm-smi on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install rocm-smi using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rocm-smi

How To Uninstall rocm-smi on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the rocm-smi package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove rocm-smi

rocm-smi Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/rocm-smi
/usr/share/doc/rocm-smi
/usr/share/doc/rocm-smi/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/rocm-smi
/usr/share/licenses/rocm-smi/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/rocm-smi.1.gz

References

rocm-smi website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rocm-smi on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.