LM Studio on Fedora

Prologue

Assuming that you have:

• downloaded the AppImage from LMStudio.ai
• set the file to executable with chmod +x <AppImageFileName>
• tried to run it by clicking on the App name using the file explorer GUI or
• tried to run it with ./<AppImageFileName>

Fedora 43

At this point you have encountered an error trying to run it. error loading libfuse.so.2

To get LMStudio working with Fedora Linux 43 Workstation Edition I did:

sudo dnf -y install fuse-libs

Now you will be able to launch LM Studio.

Extra credit

Move the binary to be picked up by your path

• Examine your path with echo $PATH
• Note, that there is a directory on your path associated with your user /home/USERNAME/.local/bin
• First, make sure the directory exists mkdir -p ~/.local/bin
• We’ll move the binary file there and rename it with mv <AppImageFileName> ~/.local/bin/lmstudio

Now, you can type lmstudio from the command line to launch it.

Be able to launch it from your GUI

Edit ~/.local/share/applications/lmstudio.desktop

Put the following in the file:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=LMStudio
Exec=/home/USERNAME/.local/bin/lmstudio
Icon=utilities
Terminal=false
Categories=Utilities

Now when you bring up the app search bar or the app launcher you’ll be able to type in the name or click on an icon for LMStudio.

Fedora 39

Now, you have a failing with an error related to libclblast.

To get LMStudio working with Fedora Linux 39 Workstation Edition I did:

sudo dnf -y install clblast
mkdir -p /usr/local/lib
sudo ln -s /usr/lib64/libclblast.so.1 /usr/local/lib/libclblast.so.1
sudo ln -s /usr/lib64/libclblast.so.1 /usr/local/lib/libclblast.so