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Linux

Instructions for installing Jan on Linux.

Compatibility

Section titled ā€œCompatibilityā€

System requirements:

Debian-based (Supports .deb and AppImage)

Section titled ā€œDebian-based (Supports .deb and AppImage)ā€
  • Debian
  • Ubuntu and derivatives:
    • Ubuntu Desktop LTS (official)/Ubuntu Server LTS (only for server)
    • Edubuntu
    • Kubuntu
    • Lubuntu
    • Ubuntu Budgie
    • Ubuntu Cinnamon
    • Ubuntu Kylin
    • Ubuntu MATE
    • Linux Mint
    • Pop!_OS

RHEL-based (Supports .rpm and AppImage)

Section titled ā€œRHEL-based (Supports .rpm and AppImage)ā€
  • RHEL-based (Server only)
  • Fedora

Arch-based

Section titled ā€œArch-basedā€
  • Arch Linux
  • SteamOS

Independent

Section titled ā€œIndependentā€
  • openSUSE

Install Jan

Section titled ā€œInstall Janā€

Installation steps:

Step 1: Download Application

Section titled ā€œStep 1: Download Applicationā€

Available releases:

Stable release:

Step 2: Install Application

Section titled ā€œStep 2: Install Applicationā€

Installation commands:

dpkg
Section titled ā€œdpkgā€
Terminal window
sudo dpkg -i jan-linux-amd64-{version}.deb
apt-get
Section titled ā€œapt-getā€
Terminal window
sudo apt-get install ./jan-linux-amd64-{version}.deb

Data Folder

Section titled ā€œData Folderā€

Default locations:

Terminal window
# Custom installation directory
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME = /home/username/custom_config


# or


# Default installation directory
~/.config/Jan/data

See Jan Data Folder for details.

GPU Acceleration

Section titled ā€œGPU Accelerationā€

Configuration for GPU support:

Step 1: Verify Hardware & Install Dependencies

Section titled ā€œStep 1: Verify Hardware & Install Dependenciesā€

1.1. Check GPU Detection

Terminal window
lspci | grep -i nvidia

1.2. Install Required components

NVIDIA Driver:

  1. Install the NVIDIA Driver, ideally via your package manager.
  2. Verify:
Terminal window
nvidia-smi

CUDA Toolkit:

  1. Install the CUDA toolkit, ideally from your package manager (11.7+)
  2. Verify:
Terminal window
nvcc --version

Additional Requirements:

Terminal window
sudo apt update
sudo apt install gcc-11 g++-11 cpp-11
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/cuda/lib64

Documentation

Step 2: Enable GPU Acceleration

Section titled ā€œStep 2: Enable GPU Accelerationā€
  1. Navigate to Settings > Local Engine > Llama.cpp
  2. Select appropriate backend in llama-cpp Backend. Details in our guide.

Uninstall Jan

Section titled ā€œUninstall Janā€

Removal commands:

Terminal window
sudo apt-get remove jan
rm -rf Jan
rm -rf ~/.config/Jan/data
rm -rf ~/.config/Jan/cache