[GH-ISSUE #188] [DOCS]: Explain why Ollama is not pre-installed on Linux AppImage #64

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2026-02-23T17:19:19-05:00

yindo commented

2026-02-23 17:19:19 -05:00

Originally created by @lucafossen on GitHub (Sep 14, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/Mintplex-Labs/anythingllm-docs/issues/188

Description

When going through setup on a desktop app installed on Ubuntu, Selecting AnythingLLM as the provider just tells you "This feature is disabled on Linux operating systems". No explanation is provided as to why. It would be helpful to know what the reason is, since Ollama itself is available on Linux, so in principle there should be no hurdles. As such, this GitHub issue is both asking for an explanation, and suggesting that that explanation be added to the GUI.

Originally created by @lucafossen on GitHub (Sep 14, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/Mintplex-Labs/anythingllm-docs/issues/188 ### Description <img width="808" height="607" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5f5e2d17-a055-48ab-8765-a0e3175daedd" /> When going through setup on a desktop app installed on Ubuntu, Selecting AnythingLLM as the provider just tells you "This feature is disabled on Linux operating systems". No explanation is provided as to why. It would be helpful to know what the reason is, since Ollama itself is available on Linux, so in principle there should be no hurdles. As such, this GitHub issue is both asking for an explanation, and suggesting that that explanation be added to the GUI.

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yindo commented

2026-02-23 17:19:25 -05:00

@timothycarambat commented on GitHub (Sep 16, 2025):

So this applies to our internal Ollama, since we don't package or preinstall it with Linux, since to run ollama you need sudo and we dont want to force people to run sudo on app install.

I suppose updating the docs for why that is the case is relevant, though. Moving issue to docs repo so that is clear. Absolutely nothing stops the user from just installing ollama and using that manually installed version as opposed to our internal.

@timothycarambat commented on GitHub (Sep 16, 2025): So this applies to our _internal_ Ollama, since we don't package or preinstall it with Linux, since to run ollama you need [`sudo`](https://github.com/ollama/ollama/blob/main/scripts/install.sh) and we dont want to force people to run sudo on app install. I suppose updating the docs for why that is the case is relevant, though. Moving issue to docs repo so that is clear. Absolutely nothing stops the user from just installing ollama and using that manually installed version as opposed to our internal.

yindo commented

2026-02-23 17:19:25 -05:00

@lucafossen commented on GitHub (Sep 25, 2025):

Thanks for the explanation. It would be nice to have that in the app/docs, yes.

@lucafossen commented on GitHub (Sep 25, 2025): Thanks for the explanation. It would be nice to have that in the app/docs, yes.

yindo commented

2026-02-23 17:19:25 -05:00

@timothycarambat commented on GitHub (Oct 9, 2025):

Now, this is no longer true https://docs.anythingllm.com/changelog/v1.9.0#linux-x64-and-arm64-now-ships-with-ollama-

@timothycarambat commented on GitHub (Oct 9, 2025): Now, this is no longer true https://docs.anythingllm.com/changelog/v1.9.0#linux-x64-and-arm64-now-ships-with-ollama-

yindo referenced this issue

2026-02-23 17:19:40 -05:00

[PR #64] [MERGED] v1.5.11 changelog #97

yindo changed title from ~~[DOCS]: Explain why Ollama is not pre-installed on Linux AppImage~~ to [GH-ISSUE #188] [DOCS]: Explain why Ollama is not pre-installed on Linux AppImage

2026-06-05 15:22:08 -04:00

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Reference: Mintplex-Labs/anythingllm-docs#64