Virgil-Installer 🥙 | Last docs update: 03/01/2024 (d/m/y)

An Electron application with React created for allow a simple installation of VirgilAI

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Prerequisite

Python (3.11 >=)

Use and Installation

The first step is to download the executable file of the latest version.
**This file will take care of preparing the actual installer (strange that it is an installer for an installer).
Now the actual installer will start itself.
If you don't want to read the introductory file, type this page, go ahead.
Accept the "license".
OK, now the important part: all options have their own explanation, just click these buttons: once the options have been chosen, go ahead.
If the installation takes more than 10/15 minutes, contact support (via github or otherwise).
Now go ahead and save the key.
You can now run VirgilAI by simply searching for it in the search bar.

Modify the installation

Simple re-run the installer and you can modify the config of installation

Environment installation | In details

So the installer install python version 3.11.7

If you have the same version of python should not overwrite the current
If you have a different version of python it will not overwrite the current one in the path, and when the installer uses python, it will use the installation path directly.

Python library

VirgilAI use the venv environment so the libraries will not overwrote

Manual installation modification

For modify the installation manually go on the path of installation generally C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Programs\Virgil-Installer and search config.json

The basic config can appear like this, simple modify and save the file

{
  "first_start": true,
  "startup": false,
  "specify_interface": false,
  "type_interface": "N",
  "installation_path": "C:\\Users\\deadr\\AppData\\Local\\Programs",
  "icon_on_desktop": true,
  "display_console": true,
  "key": ""
}

Possible problem

If the installation is too long close the installer and try to run manually this command

winget install ffmpeg -h --accept-package-agreements --accept-source-agreements

If you get an error like this

Open the powershell and copy past this:

function Install-WinGet {
  $tempFolderName = 'WinGetInstall'
  $tempFolder = Join-Path -Path ([System.IO.Path]::GetTempPath()) -ChildPath $tempFolderName
  New-Item $tempFolder -ItemType Directory -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Out-Null

  $apiLatestUrl = if ($Prerelease) { 'https://api.github.com/repos/microsoft/winget-cli/releases?per_page=1' } else { 'https://api.github.com/repos/microsoft/winget-cli/releases/latest' }
  [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12
  $WebClient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient

  function Get-LatestUrl	{
		((Invoke-WebRequest $apiLatestUrl -UseBasicParsing | ConvertFrom-Json).assets | Where-Object { $_.name -match '^Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle$' }).browser_download_url
  }

  function Get-LatestHash {
    $shaUrl = ((Invoke-WebRequest $apiLatestUrl -UseBasicParsing | ConvertFrom-Json).assets | Where-Object { $_.name -match '^Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe.txt$' }).browser_download_url
    $shaFile = Join-Path -Path $tempFolder -ChildPath 'Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe.txt'
    $WebClient.DownloadFile($shaUrl, $shaFile)
    Get-Content $shaFile
  }
  $desktopAppInstaller = @{
    fileName = 'Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle'
    url      = $(Get-LatestUrl)
    hash     = $(Get-LatestHash)
  }
  $vcLibsUwp = @{
    fileName = 'Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.Desktop.appx'
    url      = 'https://aka.ms/Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.Desktop.appx'
    hash     = '9BFDE6CFCC530EF073AB4BC9C4817575F63BE1251DD75AAA58CB89299697A569'
  }
  $uiLibsUwp = @{
    fileName = 'Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.7.zip'
    url      = 'https://www.nuget.org/api/v2/package/Microsoft.UI.Xaml/2.7.0'
    hash     = '422FD24B231E87A842C4DAEABC6A335112E0D35B86FAC91F5CE7CF327E36A591'
  }
  $dependencies = @($desktopAppInstaller, $vcLibsUwp, $uiLibsUwp)
  Write-Host '--> Checking dependencies'
  foreach ($dependency in $dependencies) {
    $dependency.file = Join-Path -Path $tempFolder -ChildPath $dependency.fileName
    if (-Not ((Test-Path -Path $dependency.file -PathType Leaf) -And $dependency.hash -eq $(Get-FileHash $dependency.file).Hash)) {
      Write-Host @"
    - Downloading:
      $($dependency.url)
"@
      try {
        $WebClient.DownloadFile($dependency.url, $dependency.file)
      }
      catch {
        #Pass the exception as an inner exception
        throw [System.Net.WebException]::new("Error downloading $($dependency.url).", $_.Exception)
      }
      if (-not ($dependency.hash -eq $(Get-FileHash $dependency.file).Hash)) {
        throw [System.Activities.VersionMismatchException]::new('Dependency hash does not match the downloaded file')
      }
    }
  }

  if (-Not (Test-Path (Join-Path -Path $tempFolder -ChildPath \Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.7\tools\AppX\x64\Release\Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.7.appx)))	{
    Expand-Archive -Path $uiLibsUwp.file -DestinationPath ($tempFolder + '\Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.7') -Force
  }
  $uiLibsUwp.file = (Join-Path -Path $tempFolder -ChildPath \Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.7\tools\AppX\x64\Release\Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.7.appx)
  Add-AppxPackage -Path $($desktopAppInstaller.file) -DependencyPath $($vcLibsUwp.file), $($uiLibsUwp.file)
  Remove-Item $tempFolder -recurse -force
}
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "--> Updating Winget`n"
Install-Winget

Other

As mentioned above, VirgililAI is part of a larger project that includes an app, a website and others, the links of which are at Project:

Credits

The project is made by one person and is still in development, I'm looking for someone to give me advice and a hand to continue the project, which I believe is an excellent open source and free alternative to devices like Alexa or Google Home.

Contact me

For code related issues you can use github directly for other collaborations or alerts write to this email projectvirgilai@gmail.com

If you want to support a small developer take a special link

Licence

AGPL-3.0 licence
LICENSE FILE

NikSavchenk0 / testinstaller