How to Install DeepSeek on Ubuntu 24.04 Locally With Ollama

  • 20 Feb, 2025
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How to Install DeepSeek on Ubuntu 24.04 Locally With Ollama


Follow Below Steps

1. Login into the Ubuntu 22.04 using tool like putty

2. Change user to root if you are not using root user

command - sudo -s


3. Update and Upgrade Ubuntu Server by running below command 

command - sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y


4. Install Git

command - sudo apt install git -y


5. Install Curl

command - sudo apt install curl


6. Install Ollama

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


7. Check Ollama version

command - ollama --version


8. Download a small Deepseek model

command - ollama pull deepseek-r1:1.5b


9. Check if Deepseek is installed

command - ollama list


10. Check if Ollama is running

command - systemctl is-active ollama.service


11. Run  ollama

command - ollama run deepseek-r1:7b



12. Type a question

Example - who are you?