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I have never compiled anything before and the steps on GitHub are too complicated for me. How can I get Wolf's open-source AMD miner to work on Ubuntu?

https://github.com/wolf9466/wolf-xmr-miner

Edit: since it matters, this is for Ubuntu 16.04 with multiple RX 470 cards.

sgp
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  1. There is a problem with amdgpu and Gnome on the kernel 4.4 (default kernel with ubuntu 16.04). So If you want to use Gnome, Install a new kernel before installing the drivers : example

  2. Install amdgpu-pro

  3. Install the latest AMD APP SDK

  4. Install required dependencies and tools: "sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev build-essential libjansson-dev"

  5. Edit the Makefile : add "-I /opt/AMDAPPSDK-3.0/include" to the ligne that starts with "OPT"

  6. Compil : run "make"

  7. Edit xmr.conf : for the RX 480, rawintensity:960 and workersize:8 seems to give the best results

  8. run "sudo ./miner xmr.conf"

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Moroccan Engineer
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I don't have a Ubuntu or these GPUs to test but based on this thread for the GPU driver, this Reddit thread about the CPU miner and the Github link, main steps would be:

  1. download amdgpu-pro_16.30.3-306809.tar.xz
  2. extract the compressed file.
  3. go to that folder and now run the installation script "sudo ./amdgpu-pro-install"
  4. run "aticonfig --od-enable"
  5. download source of the miner
  6. extract the archive and go to the directory
  7. install required dependencies and tools: "sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev build-essential libjansson-dev"
  8. run "make"
  9. when build is finished without any error, configure "xmr.conf" file (index -1 being your CPU)
  10. run the miner
Clement J.
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Moroccon Engineer's answer above works with AMDGPU-Pro 16.50 and Ubuntu 16.04LTS but only if you also add -L/opt/amdgpu-pro/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ to the OPT section of the Makefile as described by Jolly Mort in his comment.

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