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AMD just released Catalyst 15.7 Driver. Could it be installed and run on Ubuntu 15.04? Are there any known fails and restrictions?

Officially 15.7 supports only Ubuntu 14.04.2.

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Now fglrx driver 15.7 also known as 15.20 is in Ubuntu repositories for trusty, vivid and wily releases.

It can be installed by running

sudo apt-get install fglrx-updates

and it was there some time before AMD officially released Catalyst 15.7.

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Sure, you can install it on ubuntu 15.04 I have intalling it and it works. make sure when building .deb package use:

chmod it (run as programs)

then use --buildpkg Ubuntu/vivid

wiki.cchtml.com still doesn't providing vivid installation instruction yet. (you can use on utopic installation procedure with change above)

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  • Thanks! Should I expect re-installing the driver every time the linux kernel getting update? – Sergey Sergeyev Jul 14 '15 at 09:31
  • http://askubuntu.com/a/543836/12164 You might also want to avoid the libopencl dependency problem, so it don't messed up your wine or playonlinux install. – extraymond Jul 15 '15 at 04:12
  • I have fight this issue - Libopencl dependency - since it was introduced in Catalyst in late 2014. I gave up due to solution was unclear and a bit misleading. – Sergey Sergeyev Jul 15 '15 at 08:33
  • @SergeySergeyev I haven't tried it but I think it will automatically update itself (like catalyst before) – Romy Prazhad Jul 15 '15 at 12:06
  • I have a question, when you install AMD driver from repositories there is still the same trouble with wine? I mean [this one](http://askubuntu.com/questions/540780/14-10-wine-and-fglrx-conflict). I only installed drivers from website and edited its content in order to avoid that conflict. – zx_k9 Sep 18 '15 at 23:16