From 92f1ccf7ab49ab874593d71cb06e4416d114b4e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bgmt <none>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 21:18:37 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] search system paths for shared libraries

---
 llama_cpp/_ctypes_extensions.py | 13 +++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/llama_cpp/_ctypes_extensions.py b/llama_cpp/_ctypes_extensions.py
index 619a6a555..cd8a182ca 100644
--- a/llama_cpp/_ctypes_extensions.py
+++ b/llama_cpp/_ctypes_extensions.py
@@ -95,10 +95,19 @@ def load_shared_library(lib_base_name: str, base_paths: Union[pathlib.Path, list
 
     errors = []
 
-    # Try to load the shared library, handling potential errors
+    # First, try to find an available library through the system
+    lib_path = ctypes.util.find_library(lib_base_name)
+    if lib_path:
+        try:
+            return ctypes.CDLL(lib_path, **cdll_args)
+        except Exception as e:
+            pass
+
+    # Then fallback to manually checking the list of paths.
     for base_path in base_paths:
         for lib_name in lib_names:
-            lib_path = base_path / lib_name
+            lib_path = pathlib.Path(base_path) / lib_name
+
             if lib_path.exists():
                 try:
                     return ctypes.CDLL(str(lib_path), **cdll_args)

From 9a33454260f1f177b7f0694d3fc7ed8ee672b351 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bgmt <none>
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2026 06:57:23 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] fix import

---
 llama_cpp/_ctypes_extensions.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/llama_cpp/_ctypes_extensions.py b/llama_cpp/_ctypes_extensions.py
index cd8a182ca..0e5153e3a 100644
--- a/llama_cpp/_ctypes_extensions.py
+++ b/llama_cpp/_ctypes_extensions.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import ctypes
 import functools
 import pathlib
-
+from ctypes.util import find_library
 from typing import (
     Any,
     Callable,
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def load_shared_library(lib_base_name: str, base_paths: Union[pathlib.Path, list
     errors = []
 
     # First, try to find an available library through the system
-    lib_path = ctypes.util.find_library(lib_base_name)
+    lib_path = find_library(lib_base_name)
     if lib_path:
         try:
             return ctypes.CDLL(lib_path, **cdll_args)

From 1619c16cd542731825352824c0374fd40fc74e44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bgmt <none>
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2026 07:26:31 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] append errors

---
 llama_cpp/_ctypes_extensions.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/llama_cpp/_ctypes_extensions.py b/llama_cpp/_ctypes_extensions.py
index 0e5153e3a..a8936fa2b 100644
--- a/llama_cpp/_ctypes_extensions.py
+++ b/llama_cpp/_ctypes_extensions.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ def load_shared_library(lib_base_name: str, base_paths: Union[pathlib.Path, list
         try:
             return ctypes.CDLL(lib_path, **cdll_args)
         except Exception as e:
-            pass
+            errors.append(f"{lib_path}: {e}")
 
     # Then fallback to manually checking the list of paths.
     for base_path in base_paths: