Install Ollama

Lesson 2 — Install Ollama.

Lesson 1 gave you the why and a model tag written down. Today there's one job: get Ollama installed and breathing on your machine.

No model download yet — that's Lesson 3. Small pages, no panic.

By the end (~45 minutes)

• Ollama installed from the official site.
• ollama --version working in your terminal.
• Optional: ollama list runs (an empty table is fine).

Before you start

• Required: Lesson 1 complete — your model tag written down for the next lesson.
• Admin rights on your machine, so you can install software.
• Internet, for the installer download.

One rule that'll save you grief: grab the installer from ollama.com only. A random build off some forum thread cost me an afternoon once — genuinely not worth it.

Continue — install.