Quick question:
If there is an out-of-date package in OMLX’s repo, does it need a new package request to update it, or can I just ask?
Specifically, the Rock repo has Ollama v0.6.6, while the up-to-date version is v0.33.2.
It looks like the newer version will go out with the UM.
dnf info Ollama
Updating and loading repositories:
Repositories loaded.
Available packages
Name : ollama
Epoch : 0
Version : 0.12.6
Release : 1
Architecture : znver1
Download size : 15.1 MiB
Installed size : 82.3 MiB
Source : ollama-0.12.6-1.src.rpm
Repository : cooker-znver1
Summary : Tool for running AI models on-premise
URL : https://ollama.com
License : MIT
Description : Ollama is a tool for running AI models on one’s own hardware.
: It offers a command-line interface and a RESTful API.
: New models can be created or existing ones modified in the
: Ollama library using the Modelfile syntax.
: Source model weights found on Hugging Face and similar sites
: can be imported.
Vendor : OpenMandriva
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To get the very latest, please put in a Package Update request. It’s a lot simpler than doing a Package Request. 
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How do I do that? Open an issue at the package page at GitHub, or a pull request? I don’t know what I’m doing with GitHub, for the most part.
If you do a New Issue on github, one of the choices is Package Update. Since it is a package we already have, you don’t have to put in any info other than the package name and state that it is out of date.
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Thanks, man.
Once again, the OMLx gang comes out swingin’ for the user.
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The Package Update request is basically just saying, “Hey guys, I know you might not use this package, but I do. Please don’t forget to update it.
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I’m hoping to try Deepseek-r1:8b locally to help with my arduino coding.
From what research I’ve done, I can run this on an old i5 with 16GB RAM. Potentially a half-decent AI on a $200 rig. I’ll keep y’all posted.
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Looks like AngryPenguin did this yesterday. I was outta town for a couple days.
Thanks again to everybody involved!
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I have noted that this is in the Rome/rolling repo. I am using Rock.
In DNFDrake, I have the option to change repos, but it seems that has the effect of changing my entire OS to the rolling version, with a warning saying I cannot roll back. I do not wish to do this.
Does there exist a terminal command that would allow me to install Ollama from the rolling repo without changing my entire OS and its update path?
Yes there is, but it is not really recommended because you will eventually run into problems with mismatched library versions.
sudo dnf install ollama --enable-repo=rolling-x86_64 or znver1 if that is what you use
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Thanks, Lee.
I’ll try it and keep my fingers crossed. I have seen some reports of folk using .rpms from different distros, with varying degrees of success (and failure), so I’ll just hope it works. Hopefully, that command will deal with dependancies.