If you want to run code in a lesson locally, follow these instructions. This applies to any Python/Jupyter notebook-based course on DeepLearning.AI. This should be something they should explain in all courses.
Basically, Python is picky about versions. Some of these courses use 3.9 or 3.11 or something else. If you have the wrong version of Python, then some dependencies may not work. You have to make sure your local environment is using the same versions of everything.
Paste this into a new Jupyter notebook cell and run it; then follow the outputted
instructions (an example is in a reply):
import subprocess
import sys
print("How to create a virtual environment to match this notebook:\n")
version = f"{sys.version_info.major}.{sys.version_info.minor}"
print(f"Install python version: {version}\n")
print(f" + On Mac: 'brew install python@{version}'")
print(f" + Other OS: ask your favorite AI or Google it.\n")
print(f"Run 'python{version} -m venv .venv' to create a new virtual environment.")
print("Run 'source .venv/bin/activate' to activate your virtual environment.\n")
print("Put these entries in a 'requirements.txt' file and run")
print(" 'pip install -r requirements.txt'.\n")
print("#=========== Begin requirements.txt ===========")
result = subprocess.run([sys.executable, '-m', 'pip', 'freeze'], capture_output=True, text=True)
print(result.stdout.strip())
print("#============ End requirements.txt ============")
With this requirements.txt, you should be able to run regular scripts as well as a local Jupyter notebook. I myself use IntelliJ (aka PyCharm) to run my notebooks.
Here’s the output for the ACP: Agent Communication Protocol course (from Lesson 8):
How to create a virtual environment to match this notebook:
Install python version: 3.11
+ On Mac: 'brew install python@3.11'
+ Other OS: ask your favorite AI or Google it.
Run 'python3.11 -m venv .venv' to create a new virtual environment.
Run 'source .venv/bin/activate' to activate your virtual environment.
Put these entries in a 'requirements.txt' file and run
'pip install -r requirements.txt'.
#=========== Begin requirements.txt ===========
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#============ End requirements.txt ============
Updated script which strips hard-coded @ file:/// refs (seen when used in the Open Source Models with Hugging Face short course):
import subprocess
import sys
print("How to create a virtual environment to match this notebook:\n")
version = f"{sys.version_info.major}.{sys.version_info.minor}"
print(f"Install python version: {version}\n")
print(f" + On Mac: 'brew install python@{version}'")
print(f" + Other OS: ask your favorite AI or Google it.\n")
print(f"Run 'python{version} -m venv .venv' to create a new virtual environment.")
print("Run 'source .venv/bin/activate' to activate your virtual environment.\n")
print("Put these entries in a 'requirements.txt' file and run")
print(" 'pip install -r requirements.txt'.\n")
print("#=========== Begin requirements.txt ===========")
result = subprocess.run([sys.executable, '-m', 'pip', 'freeze'], capture_output=True, text=True)
lines = result.stdout.strip().split('\n')
clean_requirements = [] # strip out @ file:/// refs since won't be in your local env
for line in lines:
if '@ file://' not in line and line.strip():
clean_requirements.append(line)
print('\n'.join(clean_requirements))
print("#============ End requirements.txt ============")
NOTE: You may need to strip +cpu from packages like these (they were not found for me, on a Mac at least):
torch==2.2.0+cpu
torchvision==0.17.0+cpu
I made a gist of the script for easier sharing (it also strips +cpu from the torch packages).