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I have linux mint, equivalent to ubuntu 16.04. I changed my graphic card and I uninstall the nvidia drivers to install the amd ones, but I installed drivers for ubuntu 18.04 instead of 16 and now I can't remove it, and I can't install or upgrade anything else.

When I type: # amdgpu-pro-uninstall

noik@noik-mint ~ $ amdgpu-pro-uninstall 

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree       

Reading state information... Done

Package 'amdgpu-core' is not installed, so not removed

You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:

 amdgpu : Depends: amdgpu-core (= 18.40-673869) but it is not going to be installed

 amdgpu-dkms : Depends: amdgpu-core but it is not going to be installed

 amdgpu-pro-core : Depends: amdgpu-core but it is not going to be installed

 glamor-amdgpu : Depends: amdgpu-core but it is not going to be installed

 gst-omx-amdgpu : Depends: amdgpu-core but it is not going to be installed

 libdrm-amdgpu-common : Depends: amdgpu-core but it is not going to be installed

 libdrm2-amdgpu : Depends: amdgpu-core but it is not going to be installed

 libdrm2-amdgpu:i386 : Depends: amdgpu-core:i386

 libegl1-amdgpu-mesa : Depends: amdgpu-core but it is not going to be installed

 libegl1-amdgpu-mesa:i386 : Depends: amdgpu-core:i386

 libgbm1-amdgpu : Depends: amdgpu-core but it is not going to be installed

 libgbm1-amdgpu:i386 : Depends: amdgpu-core:i386

 libgl1-amdgpu-mesa-dri : Depends: amdgpu-core but it is not going to be installed

 libgl1-amdgpu-mesa-dri:i386 : Depends: amdgpu-core:i386

 libglapi-amdgpu-mesa : Depends: amdgpu-core but it is not going to be installed

 libglapi-amdgpu-mesa:i386 : Depends: amdgpu-core:i386

 libllvm6.0-amdgpu : Depends: amdgpu-core but it is not going to be installed

 libllvm6.0-amdgpu:i386 : Depends: amdgpu-core:i386

 libwayland-amdgpu-client0 : Depends: amdgpu-core but it is not going to be installed

 libwayland-amdgpu-client0:i386 : Depends: amdgpu-core:i386

 libwayland-amdgpu-server0 : Depends: amdgpu-core but it is not going to be installed

 libwayland-amdgpu-server0:i386 : Depends: amdgpu-core:i386

 mesa-amdgpu-va-drivers : Depends: amdgpu-core but it is not going to be installed

 mesa-amdgpu-va-drivers:i386 : Depends: amdgpu-core:i386

 mesa-amdgpu-vdpau-drivers : Depends: amdgpu-core but it is not going to be installed

 mesa-amdgpu-vdpau-drivers:i386 : Depends: amdgpu-core:i386

 xserver-xorg-amdgpu-video-amdgpu : Depends: amdgpu-core but it is not going to be installed

E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

Then I try with: # sudo apt-get -f install

noik@noik-mint ~ $ sudo apt-get -f install

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree       

Reading state information... Done

Correcting dependencies... Done

The following additional packages will be installed:

  amdgpu-core

The following NEW packages will be installed:

  amdgpu-core

0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 99 not upgraded.

64 not fully installed or removed.

Need to get 0 B/2.284 B of archives.

After this operation, 12,3 kB of additional disk space will be used.

Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y

Get:1 file:/var/opt/amdgpu-pro-local ./ amdgpu-core 18.40-673869 [2.284 B]

(Reading database ... 290174 files and directories currently installed.)

Preparing to unpack .../amdgpu-core_18.40-673869_all.deb ...

ERROR: This package can only be installed on Ubuntu 16.04.

dpkg: error processing archive /var/opt/amdgpu-pro-local/./amdgpu-core_18.40-673869_all.deb (--unpack):

 subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

Errors were encountered while processing:

 /var/opt/amdgpu-pro-local/./amdgpu-core_18.40-673869_all.deb

E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

If I type: sudo apt-get purge amd*
Or I type: sudo apt-get autoremove
The same result than amdgpu-pro-uninstall upgrade appears.

What else can I do?

I couldn't solve it with commands, I solve it with Synaptic Package Manager, filtering by broken packages and "mark for complete removal".

There are four simple steps involved in the installation of the AMDGPU-Pro Driver: Download, Extract, Install and Configure. The instructions to perform the installation are intended for an Ubuntu installation of 16.04, and should take less than 10 minutes to complete. Before installing the driver, a quick note on how to check if your system already has AMDGPU-PRO installed. In addition, the recommended best practice is to bring the system up-to-date before starting the driver installation, with:

sudo apt update
sudo apt dist-upgrade
sudo reboot