Local LLM Installation using Ollama

Step 1: Install Ollama

Start with the official download page:

• Ollama Download
• Ollama Docs

Step 2: Start the server

If you want browser extension support, this is the pattern I used:

@echo off
taskkill /F /IM ollama.exe >nul 2>&1
set OLLAMA_ORIGINS=moz-extension://*,chrome-extension://*,safari-web-extension://*
start cmd /k ollama serve

Common issue: port 11434

When Ollama fails to start, the usual culprit is a stale process still holding the default port.

FOR /F "tokens=5" %%P IN ('netstat -aon ^| findstr :11434 ^| findstr LISTENING') DO (
    taskkill /PID %%P /F >nul 2>&1
)

Resources

• Ollama Website
• Ollama GitHub
• Ollama Models
• Ollama Blog Posts

Communities

• Ollama Discord
• Ollama Developer Meetups