[GH-ISSUE #674] Unsupported nVidia cards still cause Cuda Toolkit/Drivers to be installed #303

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opened 2026-04-12 09:50:47 -05:00 by GiteaMirror · 0 comments
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Originally created by @pdevine on GitHub (Oct 2, 2023).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/674

Originally assigned to: @dhiltgen on GitHub.

When installing on an older machine with an nVidia card which is not supported by cuda 11/12, the installer still forces you to install all of the nVidia stuff despite the GPU not being supported. Ideally this should skip installing that stuff and just use the CPU instead.

Originally created by @pdevine on GitHub (Oct 2, 2023). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/674 Originally assigned to: @dhiltgen on GitHub. When installing on an older machine with an nVidia card which is not supported by cuda 11/12, the installer still forces you to install all of the nVidia stuff despite the GPU not being supported. Ideally this should skip installing that stuff and just use the CPU instead.
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Reference: github-starred/ollama#303