gpt4all/gpt4all-bindings/python/README.md
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# Python GPT4All
This package contains a set of Python bindings around the `llmodel` C-API.
Package on PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/gpt4all/
## Documentation
https://docs.gpt4all.io/gpt4all_python.html
## Installation
The easiest way to install the Python bindings for GPT4All is to use pip:
```
pip install gpt4all
```
This will download the latest version of the `gpt4all` package from PyPI.
## Local Build
As an alternative to downloading via pip, you may build the Python bindings from source.
### Prerequisites
On Windows and Linux, building GPT4All requires the complete Vulkan SDK. You may download it from here: https://vulkan.lunarg.com/sdk/home
macOS users do not need Vulkan, as GPT4All will use Metal instead.
### Building the python bindings
1. Clone GPT4All and change directory:
```
git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/nomic-ai/gpt4all.git
cd gpt4all/gpt4all-backend
```
2. Build the backend.
If you are using Windows and have Visual Studio installed:
```
cmake -B build
cmake --build build --parallel --config RelWithDebInfo
```
For all other platforms:
```
cmake -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo
cmake --build build --parallel
```
`RelWithDebInfo` is a good default, but you can also use `Release` or `Debug` depending on the situation.
2. Install the Python package:
```
cd ../../gpt4all-bindings/python
pip install -e .
```
## Usage
Test it out! In a Python script or console:
```python
from gpt4all import GPT4All
model = GPT4All("orca-mini-3b-gguf2-q4_0.gguf")
output = model.generate("The capital of France is ", max_tokens=3)
print(output)
```
GPU Usage
```python
from gpt4all import GPT4All
model = GPT4All("orca-mini-3b-gguf2-q4_0.gguf", device='gpu') # device='amd', device='intel'
output = model.generate("The capital of France is ", max_tokens=3)
print(output)
```
## Troubleshooting a Local Build
- If you're on Windows and have compiled with a MinGW toolchain, you might run into an error like:
```
FileNotFoundError: Could not find module '<...>\gpt4all-bindings\python\gpt4all\llmodel_DO_NOT_MODIFY\build\libllmodel.dll'
(or one of its dependencies). Try using the full path with constructor syntax.
```
The key phrase in this case is _"or one of its dependencies"_. The Python interpreter you're using
probably doesn't see the MinGW runtime dependencies. At the moment, the following three are required:
`libgcc_s_seh-1.dll`, `libstdc++-6.dll` and `libwinpthread-1.dll`. You should copy them from MinGW
into a folder where Python will see them, preferably next to `libllmodel.dll`.
- Note regarding the Microsoft toolchain: Compiling with MSVC is possible, but not the official way to
go about it at the moment. MSVC doesn't produce DLLs with a `lib` prefix, which the bindings expect.
You'd have to amend that yourself.