Debian-Based OpenAI Developer Server

This repository provides steps to set up an OpenAI development environment on your Debian-Based system and under Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).

Table of Contents

• Setting Up Your Environment
  • Python Installation
  • pip Installation
  • OpenAI Library Installation
• Optional But Useful Libraries
• Virtual Environment
• Version Control
• Using Debian on WSL

Setting Up Your Environment

Python Installation

Debian comes with Python 3.7 pre-installed, but it's likely you'll want the latest version of Python. Here are the steps to update Python:

First, update your package manager. Run the following commands in your terminal:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Next, install the required dependencies. Run:

sudo apt-get install -y make build-essential libssl-dev zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev \
libreadline-dev libsqlite3-dev wget curl llvm libncurses5-dev libncursesw5-dev \
xz-utils tk-dev libffi-dev liblzma-dev git openssh-server

Then, install pyenv, a tool for managing Python versions. Run:

curl https://pyenv.run | bash

Add pyenv to your shell startup script. Run:

echo 'export PYENV_ROOT="$HOME/.pyenv"' >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
echo -e 'if command -v pyenv 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then\n  eval "$(pyenv init -)"\nfi' >> ~/.bashrc
exec "$SHELL"

Finally, install the latest Python version using pyenv. Run:

pyenv install 3.9.5
pyenv global 3.9.5

Check your Python version with:

python --version

pip Installation

pip is Python's package manager that you will use to install the OpenAI library. In the latest version of Python, pip should be pre-installed. You can check this by running:

pip --version

If pip is not installed, you can install it with the following command:

sudo apt install python3-pip

OpenAI Library Installation

With pip, you can install the OpenAI library. Run the following command:

pip install openai

Finished! You can now Install Apache, MariaDB or something else to work on it 😄

Optional But Useful Libraries

requests: This is a basic library for sending HTTP requests. It's very useful if you want to interact directly with the OpenAI API instead of using the official OpenAI library.

pip install requests

click: This library helps you create beautiful command-line interfaces. It has many features that make your life easier, such as automatic generation of help pages, and support for command groups and arguments.

pip install click

python-dotenv: With this, you can load environment variables from a .env file in your project. This is very useful to securely store sensitive information such as your OpenAI API key.

pip install python-dotenv

pytest: This is a test library for Python, which ensures that your CLI tool works as expected.

pip install pytest

setuptools: Once you've created your CLI tool, you can convert it into a Python library that other developers can use as a plugin for their own projects. A common way to do this is using setuptools, a library for creating Python distributions.

pip install setuptools

Note that you can upgrade any of these packages using pip install --upgrade to make sure you have the latest version.

Virtual Environment This is especially important when you're working on multiple Python projects at the same time. Virtual environments allow you to keep the package dependencies for each project separate, leading to fewer conflicts and easier debugging. You can use the virtualenv package to create virtual environments in Python.

pip install virtualenv

And then create a new virtual environment with:

virtualenv venv

Activate the environment with:

source venv/bin/activate

Now, any Python packages that you install are confined to this environment and won't affect your global Python installation.

Using Debian on WSL

Starting WSL WSL is automatically started when you open it. You can do this by simply typing "wsl" in PowerShell:

wsl

This opens a new WSL instance with the default distribution. If you want to start a specific distribution, you can provide its name as an argument, e.g.,:

wsl -d Ubuntu
  

Installing a WSL Distribution You can install a new WSL distribution from the Microsoft Store. The exact command depends on the specific distribution you want to install. For example, to install Ubuntu 20.04, you could run:

wsl --install -d Ubuntu 20.04

Stopping WSL You can stop a running WSL instance by typing "exit" at the WSL command line. To stop all running WSL instances, you can run the following command in PowerShell:

wsl --shutdown

Uninstalling a WSL Distribution If you no longer need a WSL distribution, you can uninstall it with the following command:

wsl --unregister <DistributionName>

Note that this will delete all data in the distribution.

Listing Installed WSL Distributions You can display a list of all installed WSL distributions by running the following command in PowerShell:

wsl --list --verbose

Thanks

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Credits

• Volkan (Sah) Kücükbudak
• VolkanSah on Github
• Developer Site

License

This project is copyright © VolkanSah and is licensed under the MIT LICENSE. You are free to use, modify, and distribute the code and assets, as long as the copyright notice and permission notice are preserved in all copies or substantial portions of the software."