Hello Linux Geeksters. In order to help the users install the AMD Catalyst drivers on their system, the FanClub developers have created a tool called Ubuntu AMD Catalyst install. The application detects your system architecture and hardware, downloads the drivers and installs them. The users can choose to download, stable, beta and legacy versions of the AMD / ATI Catalyst drivers. The latest version available is Ubuntu AMD Catalyst Install 3.3.
In this article I will show you how to install Ubuntu AMD Catalyst Install 3.3 on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Pear OS and Elementary OS systems.
Since it is not available via PPA, we have to download the deb packages from the official site, and install the Ubuntu AMD Catalyst Install 3.3 by hand, after we fix the dependency issues. Follow the instructions for your system’s architecture exactly, in order to get a successful installation.
How to install how to install Ubuntu AMD Catalyst Install 3.3 on 32 bit Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Pear OS and Elementary OS systems:
Install the needed dependencies:
$ sudo apt-get install libc6 libgcc1 libfontconfig1 libfreetype6 libice6 libsm6 libstdc++6 make linux-libc-dev dh-modaliases libelfg0 execstack gksu dpkg dkms debconf debhelper dh-make fakeroot cdbs build-essential
Download and install Ubuntu AMD Catalyst Install 3.3:
$ wget -c http://sourceforge.net/projects/uaci/files/32bit/ubuntu-amd-catalyst-install_3.3_i386.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i ubuntu-amd-catalyst-install_3.3_i386.deb
How to install how to install Ubuntu AMD Catalyst Install 3.3 on 64 bit Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Pear OS and Elementary OS systems:
Install the needed dependencies:
$ sudo apt-get install libc6 libgcc1 libfontconfig1 libfreetype6 libice6 libsm6 libstdc++6 make linux-libc-dev dh-modaliases libelfg0 execstack gksu dpkg dkms debconf debhelper dh-make fakeroot cdbs build-essential lib32gcc1 libc6-i386
Download and install Ubuntu AMD Catalyst Install 3.3:
$ wget -c sourceforge.net/projects/uaci/files/64bit/ubuntu-amd-catalyst-install_3.3_amd64.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i ubuntu-amd-catalyst-install_3.3_amd64.deb
Using the app is very simple, since it has a very intuitive graphical user interface. However, if you can’t manage to successfully use the app, see the instructions from the official site.
Ubuntu AMD Catalyst project is suspended from 16 November 2013
..for more info please read here : http://sourceforge.net/projects/uaci/?source=navbar