GPT4ALL and Debian 11

[jasonspelts]

Hello,

Sorry if I'm posting in the wrong place, I'm a bit of a noob.

I'm trying to install GPT4ALL on my machine. I'm running Buster (Debian 11) and am not finding many resources on this. I keep hitting walls and the installer on the GPT4ALL website (designed for Ubuntu, I'm running Buster with KDE Plasma) installed some files, but no chat directory and no executable. I am at a loss for getting this installed on my machine.

Anyone know of a step-by-step instruction for doing this? Has anyone installed on Debian 11?

 

[mrcrossroads]

Hi, welcome to the forum!

Can't help you with this one but someone who can will likely happen along.

 

[wendy-lebaron]

I'm trying to install GPT4ALL on my machine. I'm running Buster (Debian 11) and am not finding many resources on this.

Welcome to the forums. Debian v11 is codenamed "Bullseye" not "Buster".

Maybe it's better if you upgrade to Debian v12 "Bookworm" if you can. But this is only a suggestion.

I'm sorry for not being more helpful than that.

 

[camtaf]

Welcome aboard.

Not sure if this will help or not, but..

Ubuntu Installer​

After download and installation you should be able to find the application in the directory you specified in the installer.
NOTE: You may need to build from source if you are not working off of the latest version of Ubuntu.

 

[arochester]

How to Install GPT4All

GPT4All is basically like running ChatGPT on your own hardware, and it can give some pretty great answers (similar to GPT3 and GPT3.5). Setting it up, however, can be a bit of a challenge for some…

easywithai.com

 

[Condobloke]

I'm a bit of a noob.

The instructions in arochester's link will challenge you then !

If you find that a bit too much, you could establish a link/shortcut to: https://www.linux.org/forums/ask-tuxbot.205/

....on your desktop

That will take you straight to Tuxbot

 

[jasonspelts]

How to Install GPT4All

GPT4All is basically like running ChatGPT on your own hardware, and it can give some pretty great answers (similar to GPT3 and GPT3.5). Setting it up, however, can be a bit of a challenge for some…

easywithai.com

I followed the instructions to the letter. Cloned the repository, downloaded the model... And that's as far as I got.

There was no "chat" directory in the cloned repository as stated in Step 3. The closest thing was "gpt4all-chat", but it did not contain the gpt4all-lora-quantized-linux-x86 file to execute and start the model.

Looks like they've changed a few things but never updated the directions.

 

[sutru]

this is a late response but if anyone comes to this like i did you should be able to build from source following these instructions.

gpt4all/gpt4all-chat/build_and_run.md at main · nomic-ai/gpt4all

gpt4all: open-source LLM chatbots that you can run anywhere - nomic-ai/gpt4all

github.com

I have not attempted this myself but plan to at some point

 

[autogpt4]

Hello,

Sorry if I'm posting in the wrong place, I'm a bit of a noob.

I'm trying to install GPT4ALL on my machine. I'm running Buster (Debian 11) and am not finding many resources on this. I keep hitting walls and the installer on the GPT4ALL website (designed for Ubuntu, I'm running Buster with KDE Plasma) installed some files, but no chat directory and no executable. I am at a loss for getting this installed on my machine.

Anyone know of a step-by-step instruction for doing this? Has anyone installed on Debian 11?

Hey, I'm bit late here. Well, installing GPT4All on Debian 11 (Buster) is definitely possible! While the official GPT4All website primarily focuses on Ubuntu, the process for Debian is quite similar. Here's a general guideline to get you started:

1. Prepare your system: Make sure you have Python and pip installed. You can check this by running python3 --version and pip3 --version in your terminal. If not installed, refer to Debian's documentation for installation instructions.
2. Create a virtual environment (recommended): This helps isolate GPT4All's dependencies from other Python projects. Use python3 -m venv gpt4all_env to create a virtual environment named "gpt4all_env". Activate it with source gpt4all_env/bin/activate.
3. Install GPT4All: Within the activated virtual environment, use pip install gpt4all typer to install GPT4All and its dependencies.
4. Download the installer script: Head over to the GPT4All website and download the installer script specific to Linux.
5. Run the installer: Make the downloaded script executable with chmod +x gpt4all-installer-linux.run and then run it with ./gpt4all-installer-linux.run. Follow the on-screen instructions to choose the installation path and download the desired model.

Please note: This is a general guideline, and there might be additional steps depending on your specific setup.
For a more detailed, step-by-step instruction tailored for Debian 11, check out this helpful guide: https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-gpt4all-on-ubuntu-debian-linux
If you encounter any issues during the installation, feel free to ask in the forum or head over to https://autogpt4.co/ for further assistance.