How to Install Auto-GPT on the Raspberry Pi
If you're looking for a way to utilize OpenAI's powerful GPT-4 or GPT-3.5 on your Raspberry Pi, Auto-GPT is the tool for you. In this tutorial, we'll guide you through the installation and give you a step-by-step guide to running it for the first time.
Equipment Used
- Raspberry Pi (tested on a Raspberry Pi 400 using the latest version of Raspberry Pi OS Bullseye 64-bit)
- API key from OpenAI (note that this API is not free to use and does come with some costs)
Step-by-Step Guide
- Before you can generate an API key for OpenAI, you will first need to sign up for an account.
- Once you have signed up and logged in to your account, click the profile icon in the upper right-hand corner of the screen and select "View API Keys".
- Generate a new API key for Auto-GPT on your Raspberry Pi by clicking the "Create new secret key" button on the page.
- Give a name for your API key and click the "Create secret key" button to generate the API key.
- Copy down the OpenAI API key that appears on your screen.
- Explore where you can view your usage of the OpenAI API on the dashboard.
- Ensure your Raspberry Pi's packages and package list are up to date by using the following two commands within the terminal:
- sudo apt-get update
- sudo apt-get upgrade
- Install the required packages to set up and run Auto-GPT on your Raspberry Pi using the following commands within the terminal:
- sudo apt-get install git
- sudo apt-get install python
- Pull the latest version of the "Auto-GPT" code to your Raspberry Pi using Git, by using the following command within the terminal:
- git clone https://github.com/SgtGrave/Auto-GPT.git
- Download and install all of the Python packages that Auto-GPT requires by running the following command within the terminal:
- pip install -r requirements.txt
- Edit the environment configuration file by copying the template ".env" file and using the following command within the terminal:
- nano .env
- Replace "your-openai-api-key" with the OpenAI API key you copied earlier in the file and save and quit by pressing CTRL + X, followed by Y, then the ENTER key.
- Create an empty file called "auto-gpt.json" within the main directory of the repository you cloned using the following command within the terminal:
- touch auto-gpt.json
- Start running Auto-GPT on your Raspberry Pi by entering the following command from within your terminal:
- python3 auto-gpt.py
- When prompted, explain what is the goal of this automation and confirm any commands that Auto-GPT wants to run by typing "y" and pressing ENTER.
Auto-GPT is an exciting way to utilize the power of GPT from OpenAI to automate tasks that you set it. Although still a work in progress, it gives a good insight into how useful GPT can be when paired with some smart programming.
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