Issues setting up AutoGen Assistant

[BeibinLi]

The readme file needs some updates, and I still cannot run it (Windows 10).

1. Tell the user to install npm install -g gatsby-cli
2. The "yarn build" will fail in Windows, and need to add a keyword "set " so that set PREFIX_PATH_VALUE=''
3. Resolve the error cp: cannot stat 'public/': No such file or directory, under the samples/apps/autogen-assistant folder.
4. Error while starting the server TypeError: issubclass() arg 1 must be a class

[victordibia]

Thanks for the notes.
I had not tested on Windows, so this is helpful.

1. Added to readme in the autogenra branch .
2. added note to readme for windows users
3. I updated the readme again to add a note for windows users. the build command does a few things and assumes a linux environment e.g. it expects the results of the build to be in public folder and uses the cp command to copy this to a folder that the backend can serve.
4. Can you share a stacktrace on the issubclass() arg 1 error?

By the way, were you able to get it running with pip install autogenra ?

Below edit was added to readme.

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npm install -g gatsby-cli
npm install --global yarn
cd frontend
yarn install
yarn build

The yarn build command above will build the frontend ui and copy the build artifacts (which is in frontend/public) to the autogenra web ui folder. Note that you may have to run npm install --force --legacy-peer-deps to force resolve some peer dependencies.

Windows Users. If you are on windows machine, you may need to use the command below instead to build the frontend.

gatsby clean && rmdir /s /q ..\\autogenra\\web\\ui && (set \"PREFIX_PATH_VALUE=\" || ver>nul) && gatsby build --prefix-paths && xcopy /E /I /Y public ..\\autogenra\\web\\ui

[mbadawy1]

Hi, Yes. I am running into this problem running windows 11. I am not sure how to fix it.

By the way, were you able to get it running with pip install autogenra ?

I tried that and it did not work

[mbadawy1]

I am trying to use this app. I think its supposed to be UI to interact with Autogen. I have followed the steps, up until

"yarn build" in the frontend folder. When I run the command I get

(autogen) PS C:\VScode\MS_Autogen2\autogen\samples\apps\autogen-assistant\frontend> yarn build
yarn run v1.22.21
$ gatsby clean && rm -rf ../autogenra/web/ui  && PREFIX_PATH_VALUE='' gatsby build --prefix-paths && cp -r  public/ ../autogenra/web/ui
info Deleting .cache, public, C:\VScode\MS_Autogen2\autogen\samples\apps\autogen-assistant\frontend\node_modules\.cache\babel-loader, C:\VScode\MS_Autogen2\autogen\samples\apps\autogen-assistant\frontend\node_modules\.cache\terser-webpack-plugin    
info Successfully deleted directories

'rm' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
error Command failed with exit code 1.
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/run for documentation about this command.

So I tried using Git Bash

But I ran Into something else,

$ yarn build
yarn run v1.22.21
$ gatsby clean && rm -rf ../autogenra/web/ui  && PREFIX_PATH_VALUE='' gatsby build --prefix-paths && cp -r  public/ ../autogenra/web/ui
info Deleting .cache, public, C:\VScode\MS_Autogen2\autogen\samples\apps\autogen
-assistant\frontend\node_modules\.cache\babel-loader,
C:\VScode\MS_Autogen2\autogen\samples\apps\autogen-assistant\frontend\node_modul
es\.cache\terser-webpack-plugin
info Successfully deleted directories

'PREFIX_PATH_VALUE' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
error Command failed with exit code 1.
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/run for documentation about this command.

Any clue on how to tackle this?

[mbadawy1]

npm install --global yarn
cd frontend
yarn install
yarn build

i did these steps, I think my issue is with

2. The "yarn build" will fail in Windows, and need to add a keyword "set " so that set PREFIX_PATH_VALUE=''

i dont know where to add the word set.

edit:
Okay, I searched the files in the autogen dir and added "set" to the package.json file and then ran the 'yarn build command again in git bash

yarn run v1.22.21
$ gatsby clean && rm -rf ../autogenra/web/ui  && set PREFIX_PATH_VALUE='' gatsby build --prefix-paths && cp -r  public/ ../autogenra/web/ui
info Deleting .cache, public, C:\VScode\MS_Autogen2\autogen\samples\apps\autogen
-assistant\frontend\node_modules\.cache\babel-loader,
C:\VScode\MS_Autogen2\autogen\samples\apps\autogen-assistant\frontend\node_modul
es\.cache\terser-webpack-plugin
info Successfully deleted directories

cp: cannot stat 'public/': No such file or directory
error Command failed with exit code 1.
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/run for documentation about this command.

Is the error I got next and thats where my limited knowledge carries me.

[victordibia]

Hi @mbadawy1 ,

The UI build process is currently designed for use in a linux environment. I am working on updated documentation to provide direction for windows users - that work is in the branch here .

There are two ways to use the app:

Pip install autogenra

Create a new conda environment.
pip uninstall autogenra (to double check there is no previous installation)
pip install autogenra

This should install from the built pypi version and autogenra ui should work correctly.

Build UI

For windows, please try the command below instead of running yarn build.

gatsby clean && rmdir /s /q ..\autogenra\web\ui && (set "PREFIX_PATH_VALUE=" || ver>nul) && gatsby build --prefix-paths && xcopy /E /I /Y public ..\autogenra\web\ui

Thanks again for trying this out, your feedback is most appreciated.

[report2model]

I was having the same issue as stated by others. Running the below instead of yarn build, results in a successful build and works as it should on Windows 10.

gatsby clean && rm -rf ..\\autogenra\\web\\ui && (set \"PREFIX_PATH_VALUE=\" || ver>nul) && gatsby build --prefix-paths && cp -r public ..\\autogenra\\web\\ui

If you are installing from source you may need to

pip uninstall autogenra

and

pip install autogenra

[victordibia]

Closing this due to inactivity.

References

• AutoGen studio is the emerging reference example of using AutoGen with a web interface.
• Roadmap for AutoGen Studio is here [Roadmap] AutoGen Studio #737