There are some professional software, like AMD's ROCm that only work properly in a few officially supported Distro's. `amdgpu-install` specifically checks what

There are some professional software, like AMD's ROCm that only work properly in a few officially supported Distro's. `amdgpu-install` specifically checks what distro you are on and refuses to proceed when it encounters unfamiliar OS releases. It's a headache to work around.