Opensuse slowroll, cannot use vscode copilot with ollama

[sebaOnLinux]

Hi,
I’ve installed ollama (currently ollama-0.13.5-1.0.6.1.sr20251204.x86_64
ollama-vulkan-0.13.5-1.0.6.1.sr20251204.x86_64) from main repository, but it cannot be used by vscode copilot plugin because it returns 0.0.0 as version number (while vscode requires a version >= 0.6.4) :
curl -i http://localhost:11434/api/version
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2026 21:35:09 GMT
Content-Length: 19

{“version”:“0.0.0”}

[joba1]

I have the same issue (like probably everyone else using local AI in VS Code).

Found out that version 0.0.0 is the default ollama build way of saying this is a dev build, not a release.
Probably more a vs code problem to not accept 0.0.0 versions, but otoh a meaningful x.y.z version plus some other indication for dev vs rel in ollama would also be nice.

I helped myself by removing the distro version (tumbleweed in my case) and running the ollama provided install script (+ added EnvironmentFile=/etc/sysconfig/ollama to the service file, to reuse my service config). But in the long run this will get annoying with updates.

Could this v x.y.z please be introduced in opensuse ollama builds?

[malcolmlewis]

@joba1 @sebaOnLinux Hi, you can always branch the development package on the openSUSE Build Service and submit a fix to include the version. Else create a bug report https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Submitting_bug_reports