Docker Desktop and LM Studio installation

Docker Desktop and LM Studio installation

# ai# linux# docker
Docker Desktop and LM Studio installationRuben Alvarado

Originally published on Hashnode. You can self-host LLMs to automate tasks on your system like...

Originally published on Hashnode.

You can self-host LLMs to automate tasks on your system like retrieving information from a website, writing a database, interacting with note apps, etc. To set up a PC for these automations you can install Docker and LM Studio. This document provides step-by-step instructions for installing and configuring these tools.🤓

🐳Install docker desktop in Ubuntu Linux🐧

Docker Desktop provides pre-packaged MCP servers to interact with web tools, databases, and other systems. It integrates seemlesly with LM Studio, which runs and manages your local LLMs.

Before installing and running these tools, it is important to ensure that your system supports hardware virtualization, which is required for efficient container and virtual machine execution.

First check that you have kmv module loaded to linux kernel with this command

lsmod | grep kvm
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You should get a response like this that shows that kvm is running

08:14:19
kvm_intel             487424  18
kvm                  1425408  17 kvm_intel
irqbypass              12288  1 kvm
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Download latest DEB package. In my case I used this lnk

Docker Desktop DEB package Download Link

Install the package using apt. Replace <route_to_download_folder> with the route where you have your downloads.

 sudo apt-get update
 cd <route_to_download_folder>
 sudo apt-get install ./docker-desktop-amd64.deb
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Sucess you now have Docker Desktop!🤵

🎧Install LM Studio

LM Studio lets you run large language models locally on your PC, including models such as LLaMA, Mistral, and DeepSeek. Running models locally ensures full privacy and allows you to work offline.

To install LM Studio, download the application from the official website:

https://lmstudio.ai/

Follow these commands to install app image. Replace <lmstudio_folder> and <download_folder> with the respective routes in your PC.

mkdir <lmstudio_folder>
cd <lmstudio_folder>
mv <download_folder>/LM-Studio-0.3.36-1-x64.AppImage .
sudo chmod +x LM-Studio-0.3.36-1-x64.AppImage
./LM-Studio-0.3.36-1-x64.AppImage -appimage-extract
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After extraction is complete, navigate to this folder inside <lmstudio_folder> and set chrome-sandbox to be executed as root from a normal user (no sudo command requiered for execution)

cd squashfs-root
sudo chown root:root chrome-sandbox
sudo chmod 4755 chrome-sandbox
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Now enable LM Studio to be found when you press windows (super key) in Ubuntu. Follow these commands to create the desktop file.

cd ~/.local/share/applications/
sudo nano lmstudio.desktop
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Paste these lines to the desktop file. Replace <USER_NAME> with your username in your PC

[Desktop Entry]
Name=LM Studio
Type=Application
Exec=/home/<USER_NAME>/lmStudio/squashfs-root/lm-studio
Icon=/home/<USER_NAME>/lmStudio/squashfs-root/lm-studio.png
Terminal=false
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Press the super key and type “lm studio”. You can access the application without knowing its exact location now.🤩

References to Explore

Ubuntu | Docker Docs

Learn how to install, launch, and upgrade Docker Desktop on Ubuntu. This quick guide will cover prerequisites, installation methods, and more.

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