** Description changed: As per the promise: https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-amd-rocm-ai-ml- hpc-libraries#:~:text=apt%20install%20rocm To make `apt install rocm` work we need some type of meta package which would install rocm stack (SDK) in system. - I am thinking that, we can provide a rocm:src and rocm:binary package - which would install the rocm stack. + I am thinking that, we can provide a rocm:src and rocm-dev:binary + package which would install the rocm stack. There are already efforts going on debian (experimental): https://salsa.debian.org/rocm- team/rocm/-/blob/master/debian/control?ref_type=heads - There, it is being provided as rocm-dev, I just updated that to `rocm` - to fit the publication we have but I am totally ok to make `apt install - rocm-dev` as well. - I would like to hear thoughts of ubuntu developers. + ~There, it is being provided as rocm-dev, I just updated that to `rocm` to fit the publication we have but I am totally ok to make `apt install rocm-dev` as well.~ + + After some feedback I updated the binary package name to be rocm-dev to + be consistent and keep the delta smaller with debian. + + For future sponsor/uploader of this package: + ``` + This is really just a meta package that just provides rocm-tests and rocm-dev binary packages so people can install the whole stack easily. + + So today if we put this into ubuntu archive it will build but it wont be + installable. I added some autopkgtest so they are failing correctly. + + That said and the given time constraints on initiative to make rocm available in resolute maybe we could upload this package to the -proposed even if it is not installable as of today (29th Jan. 2026) + ``` + + ----- Upstream: https://github.com/ROCm/rocm Source: https://code.launchpad.net/~tchavadar/ubuntu/+source/rocm/+git/rocm/+ref/ubuntu/devel License: https://git.launchpad.net/~tchavadar/ubuntu/+source/rocm/tree/debian/copyright?h=ubuntu/devel PPAs: rocm-devel-21: https://launchpad.net/~bullwinkle-team/+archive/ubuntu/rocm-devel-21 just-for-this-bug: https://launchpad.net/~tchavadar/+archive/ubuntu/lp2138850 [all archs enabled, dependency set to ubuntu -proposed] Best Regards, Talha
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