Davinci Resolve On Linux – AMD GPU Drivers

Welcome to the wild and wacky world of Davinci Resolve on Linux! This guide will walk you through setting a up a Resolve workstation with a discrete or integrated AMD GPU.

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0. Download and install Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS. This is a workstation so we’re going to pick the lesser of three evils.

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1. Download the Radeon™ Software for Linux® version 22.40 debian package for Ubuntu 22.04.1.

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2. Install the AMD Radeon debian package.

sudo dpkg -i *.deb

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3. Update the system repositories.

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

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4. Install the AMD Radeon drivers and OpenCL

amdgpu-install --vulkan=pro --opencl=rocr,legacy

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5. Disable Wayland by changeing #WaylandEnable=false to WaylandEnable=false

sudo nano /etc/gdm3/custom.conf

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6. Reboot the system

sudo reboot now

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7. Add user to the video and render groups.

sudo usermod -a -G video yourusername
sudo usermod -a -G render yourusername

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8. Instal Davinci Resolve dependencies

sudo apt install libfuse2 libapr1 libaprutil1 libxcb-composite0 libxcb-cursor0 libxcb-damage0 libxcb-xinerama0 libxcb-xinput0 ocl-icd-libopencl1

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9. Download and extract the Davinci Resolve archive

unzip *.zip

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10. Run the Davinci Resolve installer

./*.run

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11. Pick a fight with the black box of nothingness. Legend has it this box exists only to be force-closed.

cd /opt/resolve/bin/
./resolve

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12. Launch Davinci Resolve and confirm that it’s using OpenCL

Davinci Resolve > System > Memory and GPU

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13. Davinci Resolve limitations and quirks on Linux.

• No VST plugin support on Linux because Blackmagic can’t be arsed.
• ALSA is the only available audio backend.
• YouTube account integration does not work in Linux.
• No AAC audio import or export because reasons.
• The free version of Davinci Resolve does not import mp4 video or mp3 audio.