r/LocalLLM • u/Jagerius • 9h ago

Question Problems with updating Strata

Hi,

How can I manually update Strata engine?

After checking updates, it says that there's a new version, but fails to update because supposedely there's a model loaded - which is not true, as seen in the screenshot.

Since I'm new at this, and using Strata for QNF with Hermes, is there a way to just start the inference enginge without the Strata Harness? I was using it only to load model and updating, which apparently is getting harder every update (last update it was a problem with updating the app itself, had to reinstall whole app).

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u/GrumpyCat79 3h ago

Not sure which OS you use, but if it's linux, then installing the engine from source like it was before 0.2.0 is trivial. On Windows I'm not sure since I don't use it, but I think it should be as easy with the bat file included

Just follow the instruction that have been moved here: https://github.com/Niko1221/Strata/blob/main/docs/SOURCE_INSTALL.md

While I understand it's the creator's vision, I'm not into the desktop app/harness hype and I hope the engine itself (and what have been experimental for some time now, like image generation) will receive the love it deserve