If you're looking to run DeepSeek (specifically deepseek-coder) offline on your Ubuntu machine without worrying about GPUs, you're in the right place!
✅ Works even without a GPU
✅ Just 2 simple commands
✅ Completely offline usage after download
🔧 Step 1: Install Ollama
Run this command in your terminal to install Ollama:
curl -fsSl https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh
✅ This installs Ollama and sets it up as a system service.
📌 You may see a message like:
WARNING: No NVIDIA/AMD GPU detected. Ollama will run in CPU-only mode.
No problem! It still works perfectly on CPU-only systems!
🧐 Step 2: Run DeepSeek Coder Locally
Now, run the DeepSeek LLM (offline) using:
ollama run deepseek-coder
Ollama will automatically download the model the first time and run it locally after that.
💻 Features
- Runs entirely offline after the first model download
- Works on CPU or GPU
- Lightweight installation
- Perfect for offline development, coding, or learning AI locally
🎮 YouTube Tutorial
If the embed does not render correctly, you can also watch it here:
👉 Watch on YouTube
💬 Questions?
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Top comments (1)
Now that DeepSeek is running offline, what other LLMs should we try next on Ollama? Maybe code-specific models like Code Llama, or try fine-tuning a small model locally? Drop your ideas below!