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How to Install Auto-

GPT on the
Raspberry Pi
by Emmet  Updated Apr 24, 2023

 Beginner    

In this tutorial, we will be showing you how to

install and use Auto-GPT on the Raspberry Pi.

Auto-GPT is a tool developed originally by

Significant Gravitas and is a way of utilizing
OpenAI’s GPT-4 or GPT-3.5 to complete a
given objective with a defined set of goals.

This tool feeds data to GPT and then uses its

responses to work out how it can process the
given task. To learn more, you can check out
the official Auto-GPT repository.

Over the following sections, we will show you

how to install Auto-GPT on the Raspberry Pi
and utilize it for the first time.

As this software relies on OpenAI, we have to

note that this API is not free to use and does
come with some costs. You can view the
pricing for OpenAI on their website. New
accounts are often given some credit to trial
the service with.

Equipment

Below you can find a list of the equipment we

used when setting up and using Auto-GPT on
our Raspberry Pi.

Recommended
 Raspberry Pi

 Micro SD Card

 Power Supply

 Ethernet Cable or Wi-Fi

Optional
 Raspberry Pi Case

 USB Mouse

 USB Keyboard

 HDMI Cable

 Monitor

This tutorial was last tested on a Raspberry Pi

400 using the latest version of Raspberry Pi OS
Bullseye 64-bit.

How to get an API Key for

OpenAI

As Auto-GPT on the Raspberry Pi relies on the

OpenAI API, you must first grab an API key
from the website. This API allows us to interact
with models like ChatGPT for a small fee.

1. Before you can generate an API key for

OpenAI, you will need to have signed up for an
account.

Once you have signed up for an account, you

can proceed to the next step.

2. Once logged in to your account, you will

want to click the profile icon in the upper
right-hand corner of the screen.

3. Now, with the pop-up menu open, search

for the “ View API Keys ” option and click it.

4. We can now generate a new API key for

Auto-GPT on our Raspberry Pi by clicking
the “ Create new secret key ” button on this
page.

This button will take us through the steps for

generating an API key for OpenAI.

5. You now have the chance to give a name for

your API key (1.). This name will help you
differentiate between any other key that you
generate.

Once you are happy with the name, click the

“ Create secret key ” button (2.) to generate
the API key.

6. You will now see the OpenAI API key on your

screen (1.). Ensure that you copy this key
down. as we will need it later in this tutorial.

With the API key copied, click the “ Done ”

button (2.).

7. While you are on the dashboard you should

also explore where you can view your usage of
the OpenAI API.

Click the “ Usage ” option in the left-hand

sidebar to get to the usage screen.

8. The graph on your screen shows how much

you have consumed of the OpenAI API in USD.

Using Auto-GPT On the

Raspberry Pi

In this section, we will show you how to set up

Auto-GPT on the Raspberry Pi and how to run it
for the first time.

The following steps are all run within the

terminal. If you use the desktop flavor of
Raspberry Pi OS, you can open the terminal
quickly by pressing CTRL + ALT + T on your
keyboard.

Preparing your Raspberry Pi for

Auto-GPT

1. Before we start, we must ensure our

Raspberry Pi’s packages and package list are
up to date.

You can perform both actions by using the

following two commands within the terminal.

Terminal $  Copy

sudo apt update

sudo apt upgrade

2. Next, we must install the required packages

to set up and run Auto-GPT on our Raspberry
Pi.

Those two packages are “ git ” and “ python “.

We will use Git to pull the latest version of
Auto-GPT, and Python will be used to run the
software.

Terminal $  Copy

sudo apt install git python3 python3

3. Now that we have the required packages,

we can use git to pull the the latest version of
the “ Auto-GPT ” code to our Raspberry Pi.

To pull this code, run the following command

within the terminal.

Terminal $  Copy

git clone https://github.com/Torantu

Installing Auto-GPT on your

Raspberry Pi

4. We need to move into the directory where

we just cloned the Auto-GPT code to our
Raspberry Pi.

We can change directories by using the cd

command within the terminal.

Terminal $  Copy

cd Auto-GPT

5. Now that we are in the correct directory, we

will need to download and install all of the
Python packages that AUto-GPT requires.

Luckily the team provides us with a

requirements file that we can tell pip to run
through. Use the command below to install the
numerous Python packages Auto-GPT relies
on.

Terminal $  Copy

pip install -r requirements.txt

Setting the OpenAI API Key for

Auto-GPT

6. Our next step configuring Auto-GPT on our

Raspberry Pi by adding the OpenAI API key we
retrieved earlier in this guide.

Before doing this, we must copy the template

".env ” file so that we can edit it. Copy this file
by using the following command.