The current Ollama version in Arch is outdated (0.1.44 vs 0.2.1 latest). The official install script doesn't support some Manjaro configurations, but don't worry—I've got the fix!
The Problem 🤔
When I tried running the install script, I got hit with this:
curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh
# sh: line 252: VERSION_ID: unbound variable
This cryptic error just means you're missing those NVIDIA drivers, and Ollama can't sort that out for you.
Step-by-Step Fix 🏌️
step 1: find your linux kernel verion:
uname -r
# 6.9.5-1-MANJARO
pamac search "linux.*header"
# linux69-headers 6.9.5-1 [Installed]
step 2 install everything you need
pamac install nvidia nvidia-utils cuda linux69-headers
step 3 you might want to restart your Linux just to be on the safe side
step 4 Now, run the install script again:
curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh
# ollama successfully installs on your Manjaro system!
🏆 Boom! Done!
Troubleshooting 🕵️♂️
Here's how you can check the successful installation:
1) Run nvidia-smi and your video card should show up.
2) Make sure that your video card and its device ID are in the OLLAMA's logs
journalctl -u ollama | grep "id=.*NVIDIA"
# ollama[2174]: [...] id=GPU-3a31a7cb-e46b-458c-9a92-ea9708b0c7fa library=cuda compute=8.9 driver=12.4 name="NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU" total="15.7 GiB" available="15.5 GiB"
Quick Note for Wayland + GNOME Users
Even after I installed drivers, my Wayland still uses integrated video graphics.
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