[solved] llama.cpp-hip removed from aur?

cryptearth · 2026-07-05 17:12:01

// solved
package structure was updated - wiki already reflects the current one: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Llama.cpp

// original
just noticed: yay is noting that llama.cpp-hip is no longer in aur - although i just updated it today
anyone know what happened?

Last edited by cryptearth (2026-07-09 20:52:52)

gromit · 2026-07-05 17:20:40

https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/li … HDVKBKI35K

cryptearth · 2026-07-09 18:36:20

sorry to dig this up again - but after the replacement with llama-cpp-rocm it itself got removed, too - prompting me to switch to just llama-cpp
sorry - wasn't able to find any on the lists archive - so, what's the reason for this now? is arch just dropping llama.cpp? do i have to get back to self-build from scratch (by which it could be question: could the llama.cpp-hip be re-added?)
and please don't push me to ollama-X - i don't want to full ollama bloat - i want only llama.cpp but with amd hardware acceleraton (no matter how its called)

V1del · 2026-07-09 18:54:02

No, it depends on system ggml which in turn has the relevant acceleration packages, i.e. you need https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/ggml-rocm/ which then should be available as it's backend. (... which pacman would be telling you about)

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cryptearth · 2026-07-09 20:52:07

well - seems the wiki was worked on quite heavily over the past weeks to catch up with all those changes
guess i'll have a look there
marking as solved as the wiki reflects the changes already

cryptearth · 2026-07-14 19:57:17

sorry to bring this up again ... again

yes, this time i did read the wiki and the recent changes first so at least this i (at least hope to seem to) know what to do ...

... but: is there ANY reason, if so: WHICH? that in the past about two weeks or so the structure of the llama.cpp packages got changed so drastic several times over again?
ok - it's up to the maintainer - but honestly: if it would not be for compatibility with ever new models i tend to go back to just build from source - and this time just the whole stack - once - and then just use the few models i currently use - and only update the next time in what? a year when google drops gemma 5?

don't get me wrong, there sure is a good valid reason - but in the past when some packages changed at least pacman (or yay) was clever enough to just present me a "would you like to replace OLD with NEW?" and i just had to confirm
with the recent changes and how they're implemented (which to me looks like rushed packaging while missing several keys which would enable such easy auto transition) it just looks like someone is playing around with packages in official repos without having a plan

it's just a huge pain in the ass - thanks i got a fast enough connection and system that i don't mind to re-download 10-20 gb and shred my nvme with this much constant writing onto and deleting it again

Lone_Wolf · 2026-07-15 12:55:56

The llama-cpp package only has 2 changes listed.
The first looks like initial upload to repos, the 2nd was an update to a newer version.

Maybe your issue is with ggml or its optional backend deps ?

seth · 2026-07-15 13:29:41

https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/llama-cpp/ or https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/llama.cpp ?
The latter one tracks https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases which is driven by some github action (ie. automatically) - you're essentially using a -git package

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