lollms-webui/docs/usage/AdvancedInstallInstructions.md

Windows 10 and 11

Note

It is mandatory to have python 3.10 (The official one, not the one from Microsoft Store) and git installed.

Manual Simple install:

1. Download this repository .zip:

2. Extract contents into a folder.
3. Install/run application by double clicking on webui.bat file from Windows Explorer as normal user.

Manual Advanced mode:

1. Install git.
2. Open Terminal/PowerShell and navigate to a folder you want to clone this repository.

git clone https://github.com/nomic-ai/gpt4all-ui.git

4. Install/run application by double clicking on webui.bat file from Windows explorer as normal user.

Linux

Automatic install

1. Make sure you have installed curl. It is needed for the one-liner to work.

Debian-based:

sudo apt install curl 

Red Hat-based:

sudo dnf install curl 

Arch-based:

sudo pacman -S curl 

2. Open terminal/console copy and paste this command and press enter:

mkdir -p ~/gpt4all-ui && curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nomic-ai/gpt4all-ui/main/webui.sh -o ~/gpt4all-ui/webui.sh && chmod +x ~/gpt4all-ui/webui.sh && cd ~/gpt4all-ui && ./webui.sh

Note

This command creates new directory /gpt4all-ui/ in your /home/ direcory, downloads a file webui.sh, makes file executable and executes webui.sh that downloads and installs everything that is needed.

3. Follow instructions on screen until it launches webui.
4. To relaunch application:

bash webui.sh

Manual Simple install:

1. Download this repository .zip:

2. Extract contents into a folder.
3. Install/run application from terminal/console:

bash webui.sh

Manual Advanced mode:

1. Open terminal/console and install dependencies:

Debian-based:

sudo apt install curl git python3 python3-venv

Red Hat-based:

sudo dnf install curl git python3

Arch-based:

sudo pacman -S curl git python3

2. Clone repository:

git clone https://github.com/nomic-ai/gpt4all-ui.git

cd gpt4all-ui

3. Install/run application:

bash ./webui.sh

MacOS

1. Open terminal/console and install brew:

$ /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

2. Install dependencies:

brew install git python3

3. Clone repository:

git clone https://github.com/nomic-ai/gpt4all-ui.git

cd gpt4all-ui

4. Install/run application:

bash ./webui.sh

On Linux/MacOS, if you have issues, refer to the details presented here These scripts will create a Python virtual environment and install the required dependencies. It will also download the models and install them.