How to Install Ollama on Debian Bookworm – Step-by-step

How to Install

2. 2. Installing Ollama

   Then to Set up Ollama on Debian
   Simply play:

   curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sudo sh

   Stuff is by default installed on “/usr/local” Directory.
   Last, to Run a Chat with Llama 3.1:

   ollama run llama3.1

   The first time you’ll need to wait until it Pull down the Model…
   After at the prompt you can Question it as would with ChatGPT :)

   

3. 3. Managing Ollama

   Next to Manage Ollama Service
   To check the Status:

   systemctl status ollama

   Then to get it started at Boot:

   sudo systemctl enable ollama

   Consequently to Start/Stop it:

   sudo systemctl start ollama

   sudo systemctl stop ollama

   By default it run over the 11434 Port.

4. 4. Ollama Getting-Started Guide

   Getting-Started with Ollama for Debian GNU/Linux

   Ollama Quick-Start Guide

   Getting-Started Ollama Debian.

So Now I’m truly Happy if My Guide could Help You to QuickStart with Ollama on Debian Bookworm 12!