Help the user install or update LM Studio — install

This function provides two methods for setting up LM Studio on your system. The "browser" method opens the official download page for the LM Studio desktop application (GUI). The "headless" method runs an automated installation script to install the llmster daemon and CLI, which is suitable for servers, containers, or users who prefer a GUI-less environment.

Usage

install_lmstudio(method = c("browser", "headless"))

Arguments

method: Character. Either "browser" (opens the GUI download page) or "headless" (installs the llmster daemon via script).

Value

Invisibly returns TRUE upon successful completion. This function is primarily utilized for its side effects of opening a web browser or executing system installation commands.

Details

If the headless installer exits with a status other than 0, the function aborts. The message gives the exit code and quotes the installer output, after "The installer said:". A byte that is not valid UTF-8 shows as <xx>, its hex value. ANSI escape codes, such as color codes, cursor codes, and terminal links, are removed, and each run of whitespace becomes one space. A text longer than 1000 characters keeps at most its last 1000 characters, after "…". Any other error of the install step, such as a missing curl, aborts with "Headless installation failed." and the error message.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# Open your default web browser to the download page
install_lmstudio(method = "browser")

# Attempt automatic headless installation via the command line
install_lmstudio(method = "headless")
} # }