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FYI: the Linux installation script for Ollama works in the "standard" style for tooling these days: curl https://ollama.ai/install.sh | sh However, that s

FYI: the Linux installation script for Ollama works in the "standard" style for tooling these days: curl https://ollama.ai/install.sh | sh However, that script asks for root-level privileges via sudo the last time I checked. So, if you want the tool, you may want to download the script and have a look at it, or modify it depending on your needs.

riffic 3y ago
we have package managers in this day and age, lol.
- jampekka 3y ago
  Sadly most of them kinda suck, especially for packagers.
  - otterley 3y ago
    https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm
  - e12e 3y ago
    Wrap it in homebrew and have ruby call out to sudo. Problem solved /s
- jazzyjackson 3y ago
  do package managers make promises that they only distribute code that's been audited to not pwn you? I'm not sure I see the difference if I decided I'm going to run someone's software whether I install it with sudo apt install vs sudo curl | bash
  - n_plus_1_acc 3y ago
    You are already trusting the maintainers of your distro by running Software they compiled, if you installed anything via the package manager. So it's about the number of people.
    - jazzyjackson 3y ago
      ok, so, I think i am trusting fewer people if I just run the bash script provided by the people whose software i want to run
    - sofixa 3y ago
      This only applies to software distributed by your distro. For something as novel as Ollama, I severely doubt it's made it into anything other than the most bleeding edge(Arch and co). You'll have to wait a few years to get it into mainline Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, etc. and of course it will be at a set version.
      - n_plus_1_acc 3y ago
        Debian considers this a feature. Choose a distro that fits your needs.
    - rekado 3y ago
      With reproducible builds you get to challenge the binaries provided by your distribution. See <https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/html_node/Invoking-guix-challenge.html https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/html_node/Invoking-guix...> for an example.
      - jazzyjackson 3y ago
        thats really cool, thanks for the link
  - e12e 3y ago
    Well, there's things like: https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html#the-main-archive-area https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html#the... The whole thing, actually: https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/index.html https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/index.html
- deleted 3y ago
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Vinnl 3y ago
They have manual install instructions [0], and judging by those, what it does is set up a SystemD service that automatically runs on startup. But if you're just looking to play around, I found that downloading [1], making it executable (chmod +x ollama-linux-amd64), and then running it, worked just fine. All without needing root. [0] https://github.com/ollama/ollama/blob/main/docs/linux.md#manual-install https://github.com/ollama/ollama/blob/main/docs/linux.md#man... [1] https://ollama.ai/download/ollama-linux-amd64 https://ollama.ai/download/ollama-linux-amd64
dizhn 3y ago
The ollama binary goes into /usr/bin which it doesn't have to but it's convenient. I haven't checked what else needs root access.

riffic 3y ago

we have package managers in this day and age, lol.

jampekka 3y ago
Sadly most of them kinda suck, especially for packagers.
- otterley 3y ago
  https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm
- e12e 3y ago
  Wrap it in homebrew and have ruby call out to sudo. Problem solved /s
jazzyjackson 3y ago
do package managers make promises that they only distribute code that's been audited to not pwn you? I'm not sure I see the difference if I decided I'm going to run someone's software whether I install it with sudo apt install vs sudo curl | bash
- n_plus_1_acc 3y ago
  You are already trusting the maintainers of your distro by running Software they compiled, if you installed anything via the package manager. So it's about the number of people.
  - jazzyjackson 3y ago
    ok, so, I think i am trusting fewer people if I just run the bash script provided by the people whose software i want to run
  - sofixa 3y ago
    This only applies to software distributed by your distro. For something as novel as Ollama, I severely doubt it's made it into anything other than the most bleeding edge(Arch and co). You'll have to wait a few years to get it into mainline Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, etc. and of course it will be at a set version.
    - n_plus_1_acc 3y ago
      Debian considers this a feature. Choose a distro that fits your needs.
  - rekado 3y ago
    With reproducible builds you get to challenge the binaries provided by your distribution. See <https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/html_node/Invoking-guix-challenge.html https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/html_node/Invoking-guix...> for an example.
    - jazzyjackson 3y ago
      thats really cool, thanks for the link
- e12e 3y ago
  Well, there's things like: https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html#the-main-archive-area https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html#the... The whole thing, actually: https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/index.html https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/index.html
deleted 3y ago
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Vinnl 3y ago

They have manual install instructions [0], and judging by those, what it does is set up a SystemD service that automatically runs on startup. But if you're just looking to play around, I found that downloading [1], making it executable (chmod +x ollama-linux-amd64), and then running it, worked just fine. All without needing root. [0] https://github.com/ollama/ollama/blob/main/docs/linux.md#manual-install https://github.com/ollama/ollama/blob/main/docs/linux.md#man... [1] https://ollama.ai/download/ollama-linux-amd64 https://ollama.ai/download/ollama-linux-amd64

dizhn 3y ago

The ollama binary goes into /usr/bin which it doesn't have to but it's convenient. I haven't checked what else needs root access.