#install fresh openclaw via ollama

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inner barn
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need help installing fresh openclaw via ollama

sinful riverBOT
rare sunBOT
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Yep, fastest path is:

pnpm add -g openclaw@latest
pnpm approve-builds -g
openclaw onboard --install-daemon

During onboarding, choose:

  • Provider: Ollama
  • Base URL: http://127.0.0.1:11434
  • Mode: Local
    or Cloud + Local if you also want Ollama cloud models

A few important notes:

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  • Install/start Ollama first: https://ollama.com/download
  • You can pre-pull a model with ollama pull <model>, but onboarding can also discover and auto-pull for you
  • If Ollama is on another machine, use http://host:11434 with no /v1. /v1 breaks tool calling

Then verify:

openclaw gateway status
openclaw dashboard

Docs:

One honest caveat: Ollama is fine for local-first setup, but local models are usually rougher for tool-heavy agent workflows unless you have pretty serious hardware.

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If you want, paste these and I’ll walk you through your exact setup:

openclaw --version
node --version
ollama --version

and tell me your OS.

inner barn
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windows os
rtx 4070 laptop
16gb ram

rare sunBOT
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With Windows, I’d go WSL2 + Ubuntu. Native Windows works, but WSL2 is still the smoother OpenClaw path.

Your hardware is fine to try Ollama locally, but 16 GB RAM is a bit tight for strong tool-using agent workflows. Good for testing, just keep expectations realistic.

Recommended path

  1. In PowerShell (Admin):
wsl --install -d Ubuntu-24.04
  1. In WSL/Ubuntu, enable systemd:
sudo tee /etc/wsl.conf >/dev/null <<'EOF'
[boot]
systemd=true
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EOF

Then back in PowerShell:

wsl --shutdown
  1. Reopen Ubuntu, make sure Node 24 and pnpm are installed inside WSL, then install OpenClaw:
pnpm add -g openclaw@latest
pnpm approve-builds -g
openclaw onboard --install-daemon
  1. During onboarding choose: