llama.cpp/docs/backend/snapdragon/linux.md

# Snapdragon-based Linux devices

## Docker Setup

The easiest way to build llama.cpp for a Snapdragon-based Linux device is using the toolchain Docker image (see [github.com/snapdragon-toolchain](https://github.com/snapdragon-toolchain)).
This image includes OpenCL SDK, Hexagon SDK, CMake, and the ARM64 Linux cross-compilation toolchain.

Cross-compilation is supported on **Linux X86** hosts. The resulting binaries are deployed to and run on the target **Qualcomm Snapdragon ARM64 Linux** device.

```

~/src/llama.cpp$ docker run -it -u $(id -u):$(id -g) --volume $(pwd):/workspace --platform linux/amd64 ghcr.io/snapdragon-toolchain/arm64-linux:v0.1

[d]/> cd /workspace

```

Note: The rest of the **Linux** build process assumes that you're running inside the toolchain container.


## How to Build

Let's build llama.cpp with CPU, OpenCL, and Hexagon backends via CMake presets:

```

[d]/workspace> cp docs/backend/snapdragon/CMakeUserPresets.json .



[d]/workspace> cmake --preset arm64-linux-snapdragon-release -B build-snapdragon



[d]/workspace> cmake --build build-snapdragon -j $(nproc)

```

To generate an installable "package" simply use cmake --install, then zip it:

```

[d]/workspace> cmake --install build-snapdragon --prefix pkg-snapdragon

[d]/workspace> zip -r pkg-snapdragon.zip pkg-snapdragon

```

## How to Install

For this step, you will deploy the built binaries and libraries to the target Linux device. Transfer `pkg-snapdragon.zip` to the target device, then unzip it and set up the environment variables:

```

$ unzip pkg-snapdragon.zip

$ cd pkg-snapdragon

$ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=./lib

$ export ADSP_LIBRARY_PATH=./lib

```

At this point, you should also download some models onto the device:

```

$ wget https://huggingface.co/bartowski/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct-GGUF/resolve/main/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct-Q4_0.gguf

```

## How to Run
Next, since we have setup the environment variables, we can run the llama-cli with the Hexagon backends:
```

$ ./bin/llama-cli -m Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct-Q4_0.gguf --device HTP0 -ngl 99 -p "what is the most popular cookie in the world?"

```