diff --git a/scripts/install.sh b/scripts/install.sh
index 9c232400f..a2bcc25d6 100644
--- a/scripts/install.sh
+++ b/scripts/install.sh
@@ -11,9 +11,24 @@ status() { echo ">>> $*" >&2; }
 error() { echo "${red}ERROR:${plain} $*"; exit 1; }
 warning() { echo "${red}WARNING:${plain} $*"; }
 
-TEMP_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
-cleanup() { rm -rf $TEMP_DIR; }
-trap cleanup EXIT
+TEMP_ROOT_DIR=/tmp/ollama
+TEMP_DIR=${TEMP_ROOT_DIR}/install
+mkdir -p $TEMP_DIR
+cleanup () {
+  if [ -n "$1" ]; then
+    >&2 echo "Aborted by $1"
+  elif [ $status -ne 0 ]; then
+    >&2 echo "Failure (status $status). Current progress can be resumed and available in ${TEMP_DIR}"
+  else
+    rm -rf $TEMP_DIR
+    # If install is the only tmp content, remove all traces
+    rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty $TEMP_ROOT_DIR || true
+  fi
+}
+trap 'status=$?; cleanup ""; exit $status' EXIT
+trap 'trap - HUP; cleanup SIGHUP; kill -HUP $$' HUP
+trap 'trap - INT; cleanup SIGINT; kill -INT $$' INT
+trap 'trap - TERM; cleanup SIGTERM; kill -TERM $$' TERM
 
 available() { command -v $1 >/dev/null; }
 require() {
@@ -80,8 +95,9 @@ $SUDO install -o0 -g0 -m755 -d $BINDIR
 $SUDO install -o0 -g0 -m755 -d "$OLLAMA_INSTALL_DIR/lib/ollama"
 status "Downloading Linux ${ARCH} bundle"
 curl --fail --show-error --location --progress-bar \
-    "https://ollama.com/download/ollama-linux-${ARCH}.tgz${VER_PARAM}" | \
-    $SUDO tar -xzf - -C "$OLLAMA_INSTALL_DIR"
+    --output-dir $TEMP_DIR --continue-at - --remote-name \
+    "https://ollama.com/download/ollama-linux-${ARCH}.tgz${VER_PARAM}"
+$SUDO tar -xzf "${TEMP_DIR}/ollama-linux-${ARCH}.tgz${VER_PARAM}" -C "$OLLAMA_INSTALL_DIR"
 
 if [ "$OLLAMA_INSTALL_DIR/bin/ollama" != "$BINDIR/ollama" ] ; then
     status "Making ollama accessible in the PATH in $BINDIR"
@@ -93,13 +109,15 @@ if [ -f /etc/nv_tegra_release ] ; then
     if grep R36 /etc/nv_tegra_release > /dev/null ; then
         status "Downloading JetPack 6 components"
         curl --fail --show-error --location --progress-bar \
-            "https://ollama.com/download/ollama-linux-${ARCH}-jetpack6.tgz${VER_PARAM}" | \
-            $SUDO tar -xzf - -C "$OLLAMA_INSTALL_DIR"
+            --output-dir $TEMP_DIR --continue-at - --remote-name \
+            "https://ollama.com/download/ollama-linux-${ARCH}-jetpack6.tgz${VER_PARAM}"
+        $SUDO tar -xzf "${TEMP_DIR}/ollama-linux-${ARCH}.tgz${VER_PARAM}"  -C "$OLLAMA_INSTALL_DIR"
     elif grep R35 /etc/nv_tegra_release > /dev/null ; then
         status "Downloading JetPack 5 components"
         curl --fail --show-error --location --progress-bar \
-            "https://ollama.com/download/ollama-linux-${ARCH}-jetpack5.tgz${VER_PARAM}" | \
-            $SUDO tar -xzf - -C "$OLLAMA_INSTALL_DIR"
+            --output-dir $TEMP_DIR --continue-at - --remote-name \
+            "https://ollama.com/download/ollama-linux-${ARCH}-jetpack5.tgz${VER_PARAM}"
+        $SUDO tar -xzf "${TEMP_DIR}/ollama-linux-${ARCH}-jetpack5.tgz${VER_PARAM}" -C "$OLLAMA_INSTALL_DIR"
     else
         warning "Unsupported JetPack version detected.  GPU may not be supported"
     fi
@@ -224,8 +242,9 @@ fi
 if check_gpu lspci amdgpu || check_gpu lshw amdgpu; then
     status "Downloading Linux ROCm ${ARCH} bundle"
     curl --fail --show-error --location --progress-bar \
-        "https://ollama.com/download/ollama-linux-${ARCH}-rocm.tgz${VER_PARAM}" | \
-        $SUDO tar -xzf - -C "$OLLAMA_INSTALL_DIR"
+        --output-dir $TEMP_DIR --continue-at - --remote-name \
+        "https://ollama.com/download/ollama-linux-${ARCH}-rocm.tgz${VER_PARAM}"
+    $SUDO tar -xzf "${TEMP_DIR}/ollama-linux-${ARCH}-rocm.tgz${VER_PARAM}" -C "$OLLAMA_INSTALL_DIR"
 
     install_success
     status "AMD GPU ready."