Python Path Linux

[SoupyGit]

I ran into problems building a different app from source due to cmake in ~/.local/bin. That file (and others) had been put there when installing a1111. The problem for that app was solved by deleting ~/.local/bin, but of course I need those files for a1111.

When running a new install of a1111 I get warnings saying files are installed in ~/.local/bin which is not on PATH. Consider adding this directory to PATH or, if you prefer to suppress this warning, use --no-warn-script-location.

There seem to be clear instructions how to add to PATH when running windows and webui-user.bat, but not when running linux and webui-user.sh, which is what I need.

python --version returns 3.10.12, it is in /usr/bin. How can I get 3.10.6 installed in such a way that it is used by a1111 but doesn't mess up other apps using a later version? Can I simply cut and paste the files currently in ~/.local/bin to my a1111 ~/venv/bin? Or do I need to somehow point it to install to /usr/bin? The python executable currently in ~/venv/bin is just a link to the one in /usr/bin - not sure if is supposed to be that way?

[viking1304]

3.10.12 should work fine, I have 3.10.13 on my Linux.

I do not have ~/.local/bin, and I never had it.

❯ which python3.10
/usr/bin/python3.10

❯ venv/bin/python --version
Python 3.10.13

In webui-user.sh I have this:

# python3 executable
python_cmd="python3.10"

Which guide were you following?

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[SoupyGit]

Thanks for your reply. I was following the instructions on a1111 github code page, which says, "Install Python 3.10.6 (Newer version of Python does not support torch)" [albeit under windows section - perhaps later versions are fine for linux?]

I get the same results as you for the commands above, except 3.10.12 instead of 3.10.13

# python3 executable
#python_cmd="python3"

In /usr/bin I have executables for python 2.7 as well as python (which is just a link to python 3, which is just a link to python 3.10). Therefore python_cmd=python3 is pointing to 3.10, same as you, only mine is hashed out. Perhaps unhashing and editing that line to "python 3.10" is the solution? (EDIT: Nope, just tried that, but it still creates ~/.local/bin and ~/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages)
I don't have neat folders separating /usr/bin/python 3.10 or usr/bin/python2.7 - it's all just in /usr/bin together.

I do not have ~/.local/bin, and I never had it.

How did you avoid it? I didn't have it, but when running webui.sh it was created automatically.

[viking1304]

I installed python3.10 and python3.10-venv globaly:

sudo apt install python3.10 python3.10-venv

Then I went to my home folder:

cd

And cloned A1111 repo:

git clone https://github.com/AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui

I edited webui-user.sh and changed python_cmd to be:

# python3 executable
python_cmd="python3.10"

I also edited torch install line since that is server without GPU, and installation went smoothly.

[SoupyGit]

Hm, then I wonder why it behaved differently, since we did exactly the same thing (minus editing the torch line, which makes no difference to my problem). Would having python2.7 also in /usr/bin potentially cause some disruption?

EDIT: Or did you somehow install python packages into ~/stable-diffusion-webui/venv/bin? And if so, how?

[SoupyGit]

The answer I found was pretty simple in the end. After git cloning, do this:

cd ~/stable-diffusion-webui
python3.10 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
python3.10 -m pip install -r requirements.txt

If anything else needs installing, do so after activating the venv.