[GH-ISSUE #12167] Ollama not working on Armbian #70150

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opened 2026-05-04 20:30:59 -05:00 by GiteaMirror · 8 comments
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Originally created by @miguepollo on GitHub (Sep 3, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/12167

What is the issue?

I was using Ollama fine with Ubuntu and my board was an Orange Pi 5 Max with a RK3588 SoC (a rockchip SoC). It was all fine. But with the same board, I tried ARMbian (a debian fork for ARM) but in ARMbian, ollama is doing nothing:



Linux orangepi5-max 6.1.115-vendor-rk35xx #1 SMP Tue Sep  2 07:24:56 UTC 2025 aarch64 GNU/Linux


orangepi@orangepi5-max:~$ ollama 


orangepi@orangepi5-max:~$ ollama serve


orangepi@orangepi5-max:~$ ollama --help


orangepi@orangepi5-max:~$ 

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OS

Armbian v25.11

GPU

Mali-G610

CPU

Quad Cortex A55
Quad Cortex A76

Ollama version

Master

Originally created by @miguepollo on GitHub (Sep 3, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/12167 ### What is the issue? I was using Ollama fine with Ubuntu and my board was an Orange Pi 5 Max with a RK3588 SoC (a rockchip SoC). It was all fine. But with the same board, I tried ARMbian (a debian fork for ARM) but in ARMbian, ollama is doing nothing: ```orangepi@orangepi5-max:~$ uname -a Linux orangepi5-max 6.1.115-vendor-rk35xx #1 SMP Tue Sep 2 07:24:56 UTC 2025 aarch64 GNU/Linux orangepi@orangepi5-max:~$ ollama orangepi@orangepi5-max:~$ ollama serve orangepi@orangepi5-max:~$ ollama --help orangepi@orangepi5-max:~$ ``` ### Relevant log output ```shell ``` ### OS Armbian v25.11 ### GPU Mali-G610 ### CPU Quad Cortex A55 Quad Cortex A76 ### Ollama version Master
GiteaMirror added the bug label 2026-05-04 20:30:59 -05:00
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@rick-github commented on GitHub (Sep 3, 2025):

How did you install ollama? What's the output of the following:

command -v ollama
ldd $(command -v ollama)
<!-- gh-comment-id:3248443950 --> @rick-github commented on GitHub (Sep 3, 2025): How did you install ollama? What's the output of the following: ``` command -v ollama ldd $(command -v ollama) ```
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@miguepollo commented on GitHub (Sep 3, 2025):

Image
<!-- gh-comment-id:3248450830 --> @miguepollo commented on GitHub (Sep 3, 2025): <img width="724" height="169" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/d175de30-5f1d-407a-b934-43cda90149ca" />
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@miguepollo commented on GitHub (Sep 3, 2025):

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

<!-- gh-comment-id:3248451689 --> @miguepollo commented on GitHub (Sep 3, 2025): curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh
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@rick-github commented on GitHub (Sep 3, 2025):

What's the output of:

ldd $(command -v ollama)
<!-- gh-comment-id:3248455192 --> @rick-github commented on GitHub (Sep 3, 2025): What's the output of: ``` ldd $(command -v ollama) ```
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@miguepollo commented on GitHub (Sep 3, 2025):

Image it is not a dynamic executable

<!-- gh-comment-id:3248461624 --> @miguepollo commented on GitHub (Sep 3, 2025): <img width="724" height="169" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a32ff556-7c72-4fe1-953e-46030a69a72e" /> it is not a dynamic executable
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@rick-github commented on GitHub (Sep 3, 2025):

The install script doesn't install ollama in ~/.local/bin, unless you have modified the filesystem layout. I suspect the ollama you are trying to run in ~/.local/bin is not the real ollama binary. What's the output of the following:

file /home/orangepi/.local/bin/ollama

and then

/usr/local/bin/ollama -v
<!-- gh-comment-id:3248478197 --> @rick-github commented on GitHub (Sep 3, 2025): The install script doesn't install ollama in ~/.local/bin, unless you have modified the filesystem layout. I suspect the ollama you are trying to run in ~/.local/bin is not the real ollama binary. What's the output of the following: ``` file /home/orangepi/.local/bin/ollama ``` and then ``` /usr/local/bin/ollama -v ```
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@miguepollo commented on GitHub (Sep 3, 2025):

orangepi@orangepi5-max:~$ file /home/orangepi/.local/bin/ollama
-bash: file: command not found

orangepi@orangepi5-max:~$ /usr/local/bin/ollama -v
ollama version is 0.11.8

<!-- gh-comment-id:3248486764 --> @miguepollo commented on GitHub (Sep 3, 2025): orangepi@orangepi5-max:~$ file /home/orangepi/.local/bin/ollama -bash: file: command not found orangepi@orangepi5-max:~$ /usr/local/bin/ollama -v ollama version is 0.11.8
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@miguepollo commented on GitHub (Sep 3, 2025):

Thank you! Thre was a file in .local/bin/ollama, and when I deleted it it works fine!

<!-- gh-comment-id:3248553333 --> @miguepollo commented on GitHub (Sep 3, 2025): Thank you! Thre was a file in .local/bin/ollama, and when I deleted it it works fine!
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Reference: github-starred/ollama#70150