How to install AMD Drivers for Radeon RX 460?

Question

I am trying to install my Graphics Driver for my Radeon RX 460 and I am stuck at extracting the content of the amdgpu-pro-16.40-348864.tar.xz file. I run tar -Jxvf amdgpu-pro_16.30.3-348864.tar.xz from the terminal (I used cd command to navigate to the file) and I get

termozour@termozour-ubuntu:~/Desktop$ tar -Jxvf amdgpu-pro-16.40-348864.tar.xz

xz: (stdin): File format not recognized

tar: Child returned status 1

tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

I have checked if xz tools is installed, and it is, and updated to the latest version. How can i extract it so I can install it ?

EDIT1: I tried downloading the file again several times, and I still got the same problem. I emailed AMD regarding the issue, and they have forwarded my email to a more specialized staff, to fix my issue.

I can boot Ubuntu if my GPU is either unplugged from the MoBo or if it's disabled in UEFI BIOS.

termozour@termozour-ubuntu:~/Desktop$ xz -d amdgpu-pro-16.40-348864.tar.xz. xz: amdgpu-pro-16.40-348864.tar.xz: File format not recognized — TermoZour, Nov 28 '16 at 19:12
Possible duplicate of How do I uncompress a tarball that uses .xz? — negusp, Nov 28 '16 at 19:15
I have also tried the command posted there. Same result termozour@termozour-ubuntu:~/Desktop$ tar xf amdgpu-pro-16.40-348864.tar.xz xz: (stdin): File format not recognized tar: Child returned status 1 tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now — TermoZour, Nov 28 '16 at 19:18
I have sent an Email to AMD regarding the issue with the possibly corrupt .tar.xz file. I am waiting for a response. — TermoZour, Nov 28 '16 at 19:27
Interesting. what's the output of file amdgpu-pro-16.40-348864.tar.xz — Elder Geek, Nov 28 '16 at 19:57
This post describes the same problem. http://askubuntu.com/questions/851709/help-installing-amdgpu-pro-with-r9-390 — Elder Geek, Nov 28 '16 at 20:00
Have you tried installing through the Additional drivers app? — Elder Geek, Nov 28 '16 at 20:03
I have tried that. It will not recognize my GPU(probably because it's disabled from the UEFI BIOS), although if I type lspci grep | VGA I can see Advanced Micro Devices. No Radeon RX... — TermoZour, Dec 01 '16 at 06:11

David Foerster · Answer 1 · 2016-12-01T06:18:30.730

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The archive file is corrupted (probably during an interrupted download). These things happen. Download it anew and try again. If the same problem persists please edit your question to clarify that.

Update: If the file stays corrupted even after a re-download the problem may lie on AMD's side, i. e. they published a broken archive file. This is purported by the fact that you're not the only one with this issue.

edited Dec 01 '16 at 06:18

answered Nov 29 '16 at 04:19

David Foerster

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I have edited the question regarding the file download. Thank you for suggesting it. – TermoZour Dec 01 '16 at 06:15

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 29 '16 at 02:19

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If you are running a GUI just find the file with File Manager and double-click it.
The archive manager should open it for you, and then you can extract.

answered Nov 29 '16 at 02:19

Albert S

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If I open the archive with Nautilus, it displays an error trying to open the archive, and an empty window which is actually the archive – TermoZour Dec 01 '16 at 06:12

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