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[GH-ISSUE #5] requirements.txt issue on Ubuntu #6

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opened 2026-02-22 18:17:25 -05:00 by yindo · 10 comments
yindo commented 2026-02-22 18:17:25 -05:00
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Originally created by @jlevy-io on GitHub (Jun 8, 2023).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm/issues/5

Hey @timothycarambat , heard about this project yesterday and love the concept!

I am running Ubuntu on WSL2 and I am able to get the frontend and server up but when I try to run the install in the /collector folder, I get the following:

"error: PyObjC requires macOS to build"

I'm wondering if everything in that requirements.txt is needed for this to run on Linux? If so then I'm out of luck

Originally created by @jlevy-io on GitHub (Jun 8, 2023). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm/issues/5 Hey @timothycarambat , heard about this project yesterday and love the concept! I am running Ubuntu on WSL2 and I am able to get the frontend and server up but when I try to run the install in the /collector folder, I get the following: "error: PyObjC requires macOS to build" I'm wondering if everything in that requirements.txt is needed for this to run on Linux? If so then I'm out of luck
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yindo commented 2026-02-22 18:17:25 -05:00
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@timothycarambat commented on GitHub (Jun 8, 2023):

Those requirements are exported from Unix (Mac) but I'm willing to bet that the offending library is whaaaaat for the CLI interface options.

Let me see if I can get an Ubuntu system going to see if that is what is breaking everything!

@timothycarambat commented on GitHub (Jun 8, 2023): Those requirements are exported from Unix (Mac) but I'm willing to bet that the offending library is `whaaaaat` for the CLI interface options. Let me see if I can get an Ubuntu system going to see if that is what is breaking everything!
yindo commented 2026-02-22 18:17:25 -05:00
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@jlevy-io commented on GitHub (Jun 8, 2023):

Those requirements are exported from Unix (Mac) but I'm willing to bet that the offending library is whaaaaat for the CLI interface options.

Let me see if I can get an Ubuntu system going to see if that is what is breaking everything!

Awesome, thank you! I would greatly appreciate it. I'm hoping my team can use this for chatting with up to date docs on npm packages we use in our projects

@jlevy-io commented on GitHub (Jun 8, 2023): > Those requirements are exported from Unix (Mac) but I'm willing to bet that the offending library is `whaaaaat` for the CLI interface options. > > > > Let me see if I can get an Ubuntu system going to see if that is what is breaking everything! Awesome, thank you! I would greatly appreciate it. I'm hoping my team can use this for chatting with up to date docs on npm packages we use in our projects
yindo commented 2026-02-22 18:17:25 -05:00
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@jwaltz commented on GitHub (Jun 9, 2023):

I wanted to second support for Ubuntu. I deleted all of the pyobjc packages from requirements.txt as well as whaaaaat, and removed the references to whaaaaat in collector/main.py. I never really intended to use that functionality, just upload some internal docs.

Also got some errors when referencing Lance:

Require stack:
- /home/jwaltz/projects/anything-llm/server/node_modules/vectordb/native.js
- /home/jwaltz/projects/anything-llm/server/node_modules/vectordb/dist/index.js
- /home/jwaltz/projects/anything-llm/server/utils/vectorDbProviders/lance/index.js
- /home/jwaltz/projects/anything-llm/server/utils/helpers/index.js
- /home/jwaltz/projects/anything-llm/server/endpoints/system.js
- /home/jwaltz/projects/anything-llm/server/index.js Error: Cannot find module './x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.node'

I commented out the lance import in server/utils/helpers/index.js and this stopped the errors.

Great project! Hope I can help contribute.

@jwaltz commented on GitHub (Jun 9, 2023): I wanted to second support for Ubuntu. I deleted all of the pyobjc packages from requirements.txt as well as whaaaaat, and removed the references to whaaaaat in collector/main.py. I never really intended to use that functionality, just upload some internal docs. Also got some errors when referencing Lance: ```Cannot find module './x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.node' Require stack: - /home/jwaltz/projects/anything-llm/server/node_modules/vectordb/native.js - /home/jwaltz/projects/anything-llm/server/node_modules/vectordb/dist/index.js - /home/jwaltz/projects/anything-llm/server/utils/vectorDbProviders/lance/index.js - /home/jwaltz/projects/anything-llm/server/utils/helpers/index.js - /home/jwaltz/projects/anything-llm/server/endpoints/system.js - /home/jwaltz/projects/anything-llm/server/index.js Error: Cannot find module './x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.node' ``` I commented out the lance import in [server/utils/helpers/index.js](https://github.com/Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm/blob/master/server/utils/helpers/index.js) and this stopped the errors. Great project! Hope I can help contribute.
yindo commented 2026-02-22 18:17:25 -05:00
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@frasergr commented on GitHub (Jun 9, 2023):

Sharing the diff of the changes I had to make to get things working on Ubuntu 22.04.2 in case it helps anyone: https://github.com/frasergr/anything-llm/commit/6fb1ee794ecd11bb03ec37f0fda3ba3bfc4b0865

@frasergr commented on GitHub (Jun 9, 2023): Sharing the diff of the changes I had to make to get things working on Ubuntu 22.04.2 in case it helps anyone: https://github.com/frasergr/anything-llm/commit/6fb1ee794ecd11bb03ec37f0fda3ba3bfc4b0865
yindo commented 2026-02-22 18:17:25 -05:00
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@skidvis commented on GitHub (Jun 11, 2023):

I've spent so many hours trying to get this to work. If only someone would make a docker image.

@skidvis commented on GitHub (Jun 11, 2023): I've spent so many hours trying to get this to work. If only someone would make a docker image.
yindo commented 2026-02-22 18:17:25 -05:00
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@timothycarambat commented on GitHub (Jun 11, 2023):

@skidvis it is an issue - feel free to contribute! #26

@timothycarambat commented on GitHub (Jun 11, 2023): @skidvis it is an issue - feel free to contribute! #26
yindo commented 2026-02-22 18:17:25 -05:00
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@kaboomskizzle commented on GitHub (Jun 11, 2023):

Thank you so very much @timothycarambat for this magnificent contribution to humanity!

Here is the exact error I get on Linux Mint:
`Collecting pyobjc-core==9.1.1 (from -r requirements.txt (line 63))
Downloading pyobjc-core-9.1.1.tar.gz (896 kB)
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 896.1/896.1 kB 14.7 MB/s eta 0:00:00
Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... error
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> [2 lines of output]
running egg_info
error: PyObjC requires macOS to build
[end of output]

note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: metadata-generation-failed`

ChatGPT Notes:
One popular alternative is pyobjus, a Python library that provides a bridge to the Objective-C runtime. It allows you to call Objective-C code from Python on Linux systems. Here's how you can install pyobjus:

I'm not exactly sure how this works, but I figured perhaps sharing the exact error might be useful.
Without further ado, I'll try @jwaltz suggestion for starters.

Thanks again!
Kaboom.ski

@kaboomskizzle commented on GitHub (Jun 11, 2023): Thank you so very much @timothycarambat for this magnificent contribution to humanity! **Here is the exact error I get on Linux Mint:** `Collecting pyobjc-core==9.1.1 (from -r requirements.txt (line 63)) Downloading pyobjc-core-9.1.1.tar.gz (896 kB) ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 896.1/896.1 kB 14.7 MB/s eta 0:00:00 Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... error error: subprocess-exited-with-error × python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully. │ exit code: 1 ╰─> [2 lines of output] running egg_info error: PyObjC requires macOS to build [end of output] note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip. error: metadata-generation-failed` **ChatGPT Notes:** One popular alternative is pyobjus, a Python library that provides a bridge to the Objective-C runtime. It allows you to call Objective-C code from Python on Linux systems. Here's how you can install pyobjus: I'm not exactly sure how this works, but I figured perhaps sharing the exact error might be useful. Without further ado, I'll try @jwaltz suggestion for starters. Thanks again! Kaboom.ski
yindo commented 2026-02-22 18:17:25 -05:00
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@timothycarambat commented on GitHub (Jun 13, 2023):

This can be resolved by just running anything LLM in the new Dockerized version that was merged in this PR #34 !

@timothycarambat commented on GitHub (Jun 13, 2023): This can be resolved by just running anything LLM in the new Dockerized version that was merged in this PR #34 !
yindo commented 2026-02-22 18:17:25 -05:00
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@jlevy-io commented on GitHub (Jun 13, 2023):

@timothycarambat thank you so very much for the resolution!

@jlevy-io commented on GitHub (Jun 13, 2023): @timothycarambat thank you so very much for the resolution!
yindo commented 2026-02-22 18:17:26 -05:00
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@skidvis commented on GitHub (Jun 13, 2023):

This is great news! Thank you!

@skidvis commented on GitHub (Jun 13, 2023): This is great news! Thank you!
yindo changed title from requirements.txt issue on Ubuntu to [GH-ISSUE #5] requirements.txt issue on Ubuntu 2026-06-05 14:32:57 -04:00
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