From 7367444df7e44434569708b13ddf26b159e3ba50 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Zander <negril.nx+gentoo@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:52:29 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] make installing runtime deps optional

Signed-off-by: Paul Zander <negril.nx+gentoo@gmail.com>

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7d53531b..ce7376d8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ set(GGML_VERSION_MINOR 0)
 set(GGML_VERSION_PATCH 0)
 set(GGML_VERSION "${GGML_VERSION_MAJOR}.${GGML_VERSION_MINOR}.${GGML_VERSION_PATCH}")
 
+option(OLLAMA_INSTALL_RUNTIME_DEPS "Install the dependencies of library as well" ON)
+
 set(GGML_CPU ON)
 add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ml/backend/ggml/ggml/src)
 set_property(TARGET ggml PROPERTY EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL TRUE)
@@ -88,12 +90,17 @@ if(NOT CPU_VARIANTS)
 endif()
 
 install(TARGETS ggml-base ${CPU_VARIANTS}
-    RUNTIME_DEPENDENCIES
-        PRE_EXCLUDE_REGEXES ".*"
-    RUNTIME DESTINATION ${OLLAMA_INSTALL_DIR} COMPONENT CPU
+    RUNTIME_DEPENDENCY_SET base
     LIBRARY DESTINATION ${OLLAMA_INSTALL_DIR} COMPONENT CPU
     FRAMEWORK DESTINATION ${OLLAMA_INSTALL_DIR} COMPONENT CPU
 )
+if(OLLAMA_INSTALL_RUNTIME_DEPS)
+install(RUNTIME_DEPENDENCY_SET base
+    PRE_EXCLUDE_REGEXES ".*"
+    RUNTIME DESTINATION ${OLLAMA_INSTALL_DIR} COMPONENT CPU
+    LIBRARY DESTINATION ${OLLAMA_INSTALL_DIR} COMPONENT CPU
+)
+endif()
 
 check_language(CUDA)
 if(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER)
@@ -104,13 +111,18 @@ if(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER)
     find_package(CUDAToolkit)
     add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ml/backend/ggml/ggml/src/ggml-cuda)
     install(TARGETS ggml-cuda
-        RUNTIME_DEPENDENCIES
-            DIRECTORIES ${CUDAToolkit_BIN_DIR} ${CUDAToolkit_BIN_DIR}/x64 ${CUDAToolkit_LIBRARY_DIR}
-            PRE_INCLUDE_REGEXES cublas cublasLt cudart
-            PRE_EXCLUDE_REGEXES ".*"
+        RUNTIME_DEPENDENCY_SET cuda
+        LIBRARY DESTINATION ${OLLAMA_INSTALL_DIR} COMPONENT CUDA
+    )
+    if(OLLAMA_INSTALL_RUNTIME_DEPS)
+    install(RUNTIME_DEPENDENCY_SET cuda
+        DIRECTORIES ${CUDAToolkit_BIN_DIR} ${CUDAToolkit_BIN_DIR}/x64 ${CUDAToolkit_LIBRARY_DIR}
+        PRE_INCLUDE_REGEXES cublas cublasLt cudart
+        PRE_EXCLUDE_REGEXES ".*"
         RUNTIME DESTINATION ${OLLAMA_INSTALL_DIR} COMPONENT CUDA
         LIBRARY DESTINATION ${OLLAMA_INSTALL_DIR} COMPONENT CUDA
     )
+    endif()
 endif()
 
 set(WINDOWS_AMDGPU_TARGETS_EXCLUDE_REGEX "^gfx(908|90a|1200|1201):xnack[+-]$"
@@ -143,9 +155,9 @@ if(CMAKE_HIP_COMPILER)
 
         install(TARGETS ggml-hip
             RUNTIME_DEPENDENCY_SET rocm
-            RUNTIME DESTINATION ${OLLAMA_INSTALL_DIR} COMPONENT HIP
             LIBRARY DESTINATION ${OLLAMA_INSTALL_DIR} COMPONENT HIP
         )
+        if(OLLAMA_INSTALL_RUNTIME_DEPS)
         install(RUNTIME_DEPENDENCY_SET rocm
                 DIRECTORIES ${HIP_BIN_INSTALL_DIR} ${HIP_LIB_INSTALL_DIR}
                 PRE_INCLUDE_REGEXES hipblas rocblas amdhip64 rocsolver amd_comgr hsa-runtime64 rocsparse tinfo rocprofiler-register drm drm_amdgpu numa elf
@@ -161,6 +173,7 @@ if(CMAKE_HIP_COMPILER)
                 break()
             endif()
         endforeach()
+        endif()
     endif()
 endif()
 
@@ -169,12 +182,17 @@ if(NOT APPLE)
     if(Vulkan_FOUND)
         add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ml/backend/ggml/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan)
         install(TARGETS ggml-vulkan
-            RUNTIME_DEPENDENCIES
-                PRE_INCLUDE_REGEXES vulkan
-                PRE_EXCLUDE_REGEXES ".*"
+            RUNTIME_DEPENDENCY_SET vulkan
+            LIBRARY DESTINATION ${OLLAMA_INSTALL_DIR} COMPONENT Vulkan
+        )
+        if(OLLAMA_INSTALL_RUNTIME_DEPS)
+        install(RUNTIME_DEPENDENCY_SET vulkan
+            PRE_INCLUDE_REGEXES vulkan
+            PRE_EXCLUDE_REGEXES ".*"
             RUNTIME DESTINATION ${OLLAMA_INSTALL_DIR} COMPONENT Vulkan
             LIBRARY DESTINATION ${OLLAMA_INSTALL_DIR} COMPONENT Vulkan
         )
+        endif()
     endif()
 endif()
 
@@ -188,15 +206,21 @@ if(MLX_ENGINE)
     find_package(CUDAToolkit)
 
     install(TARGETS mlx mlxc
-        RUNTIME_DEPENDENCIES
-            DIRECTORIES ${MLX_RUNTIME_DIRS}
-            PRE_INCLUDE_REGEXES ${MLX_INCLUDE_REGEXES}
-            PRE_EXCLUDE_REGEXES ".*"
-        RUNTIME DESTINATION ${OLLAMA_INSTALL_DIR} COMPONENT MLX
+        RUNTIME_DEPENDENCY_SET mlx
         LIBRARY DESTINATION ${OLLAMA_INSTALL_DIR} COMPONENT MLX
         FRAMEWORK DESTINATION ${OLLAMA_INSTALL_DIR} COMPONENT MLX
     )
 
+    if(OLLAMA_INSTALL_RUNTIME_DEPS)
+    install(RUNTIME_DEPENDENCY_SET mlx
+        DIRECTORIES ${MLX_RUNTIME_DIRS}
+        PRE_INCLUDE_REGEXES ${MLX_INCLUDE_REGEXES}
+        PRE_EXCLUDE_REGEXES ".*"
+        RUNTIME DESTINATION ${OLLAMA_INSTALL_DIR} COMPONENT MLX
+        LIBRARY DESTINATION ${OLLAMA_INSTALL_DIR} COMPONENT MLX
+    )
+    endif()
+
     # Install the Metal library for macOS arm64 (must be colocated with the binary)
     # Metal backend is only built for arm64, not x86_64
     if(APPLE AND CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR STREQUAL "arm64")
-- 
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