Install a Supported Python Version

myHand AI currently support python version 3.8 - 3.11. This wiki page describes how to install a specific python version easily.

Remarks: Python version 3.12 is yet to be fully supported, as v3.12 has issues with package "openai" and "tiktoken". You may still run letmedoit with python 3.12, but some features may not work.

Example: Install Python 3.11.6 or 3.11.9

on Windows

Overview: Use scoop to install Python version 3.11.6

To install scoop, open NON-admin PowerShell terminal app and run:

Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser

Invoke-RestMethod -Uri https://get.scoop.sh | Invoke-Expression

To install Python 3.11.6, open PowerShell terminal app and run:

scoop install git

scoop bucket add versions

scoop install python311

on Windows 11 via UTM on macOS

Admin Terminal does not work with scoop by default. Use chocolatey instead.

Read: https://getutm.app/ for setup of Windows 11 on macOS via UTM

Overview: Use chocolatey to install Python version 3.11.9

Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))

choco install python311

on macOS

First, install brew, a package manager with which users can install 'pyenv':

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

Install Suggested build environment

brew install openssl readline sqlite3 xz zlib tcl-tk

Install 'pyenv' with 'brew'

brew install pyenv pyenv-virtualenv

Check your SHELL by running:

echo $SHELL

Copy the following lines at the end of file '.bashrc' if your shell is bash; '.zprofile' if your shell is zsh:

export PYENV_ROOT="$HOME/.pyenv"
command -v pyenv >/dev/null || export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"
eval "$(pyenv init -)"
eval "$(pyenv virtualenv-init -)"

Start a new terminal session, then:

Install Python v3.11.6, run in terminal:

pyenv install 3.11.6

Set Python 3.11.6 as the executable for running letmedoit

cd letmedoit

pyenv local 3.11.6

on Ubuntu / Debian / ChromeOS

Overview: Overview: Use pyenv to install Python version 3.11.6

Install pyenv, run in terminal:

sudo apt update; sudo apt install build-essential libssl-dev zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev libreadline-dev libsqlite3-dev curl libncursesw5-dev xz-utils tk-dev libxml2-dev libxmlsec1-dev libffi-dev liblzma-dev

curl https://pyenv.run | bash

(edit file '.bashrc' with an editor of your choice. we use 'micro' in example below)

micro .bashrc

copy the following lines at the end of the file:

# pyenv
# Load pyenv automatically by appending
# the following to 
# ~/.bash_profile if it exists, otherwise ~/.profile (for login shells)
# and ~/.bashrc (for interactive shells) :
export PYENV_ROOT="$HOME/.pyenv"
[[ -d $PYENV_ROOT/bin ]] && export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"
eval "$(pyenv init -)"
# Restart your shell for the changes to take effect.
# Load pyenv-virtualenv automatically by adding
# the following to ~/.bashrc:
eval "$(pyenv virtualenv-init -)"
# shims path
export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/shims:$PATH"

Press "ctrl+s" & "ctrl+q" to save and close the file

More about pyenv at: https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv/wiki

More about pyenv-virtualenv at: https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv-virtualenv

More about pyenv plugins at: https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv/wiki/Plugins

Start a new terminal session, then:

Install Python v3.11.6, run in terminal: