Don't download a model during installation

And some other updates/minor improvements

INSTRUCTIONS.TXT

@@ -8,24 +8,21 @@ everything for you.
 To launch the web UI in the future after it is already installed, run
 this same "start" script.
 
-# Updating
+# Updating the web UI
 
 Run the "update" script. This will only install the updates, so it should
 be much faster than the initial installation.
 
-May need to delete the 'text-generation-webui\repositories\GPTQ-for-LLaMa'
-folder if GPTQ-for-LLaMa needs to be updated.
-
 # Adding flags like --chat, --notebook, etc
 
 Edit the "webui.py" script using a text editor and add the desired flags
 to the CMD_FLAGS variable at the top. It should look like this:
 
-CMD_FLAGS = '--chat --model-menu'
+CMD_FLAGS = '--chat'
 
-For instance, to add the --notebook flag, change it to
+For instance, to add the --api flag, change it to
 
-CMD_FLAGS = '--notebook --model-menu'
+CMD_FLAGS = '--chat --api'
 
 # Running an interactive shell
 

start_linux.sh

@@ -62,6 +62,3 @@ conda activate "$INSTALL_ENV_DIR"
 
 # setup installer env
 python webui.py
-
-echo
-echo "Done!"

start_macos.sh

@@ -62,6 +62,3 @@ conda activate "$INSTALL_ENV_DIR"
 
 # setup installer env
 python webui.py
-
-echo
-echo "Done!"

start_windows.bat

@@ -59,8 +59,5 @@ call "%CONDA_ROOT_PREFIX%\condabin\conda.bat" activate "%INSTALL_ENV_DIR%" || (
 @rem setup installer env
 call python webui.py
 
-echo.
-echo Done!
-
 :end
 pause

webui.py

@@ -11,15 +11,26 @@ conda_env_path = os.path.join(script_dir, "installer_files", "env")
 
 # Use this to set your command-line flags. For the full list, see:
 # https://github.com/oobabooga/text-generation-webui/#starting-the-web-ui
-CMD_FLAGS = '--chat --model-menu'
+CMD_FLAGS = '--chat'
 
 
 # Allows users to set flags in "OOBABOOGA_FLAGS" environment variable
 if "OOBABOOGA_FLAGS" in os.environ:
     CMD_FLAGS = os.environ["OOBABOOGA_FLAGS"]
-    print("\33[1;32mFlags have been taken from enivroment Variable 'OOBABOOGA_FLAGS'\33[0m") 
+    print("The following flags have been taken from the environment variable 'OOBABOOGA_FLAGS':")
     print(CMD_FLAGS)
-    print("\33[1;32mTo use flags from webui.py remove 'OOBABOOGA_FLAGS'\33[0m") 
+    print("To use the CMD_FLAGS Inside webui.py, unset 'OOBABOOGA_FLAGS'.\n")
+
+
+def print_big_message(message):
+    message = message.strip()
+    lines = message.split('\n')
+    print("\n\n*******************************************************************")
+    for line in lines:
+        if line.strip() != '':
+            print("*", line)
+
+    print("*******************************************************************\n\n")
 
 
 def run_cmd(cmd, assert_success=False, environment=False, capture_output=False, env=None):
@@ -39,6 +50,7 @@ def run_cmd(cmd, assert_success=False, environment=False, capture_output=False,
     if assert_success and result.returncode != 0:
         print("Command '" + cmd + "' failed with exit status code '" + str(result.returncode) + "'. Exiting...")
         sys.exit()
+
     return result
 
 
@@ -113,12 +125,14 @@ def update_dependencies():
     old_bnb = "bitsandbytes==0.38.1" if not sys.platform.startswith("win") else "https://github.com/jllllll/bitsandbytes-windows-webui/raw/main/bitsandbytes-0.38.1-py3-none-any.whl"
     if compute_array.returncode == 0 and not any(int(compute) >= min_compute for compute in compute_array.stdout.decode('utf-8').split(',')):
         old_bnb_install = run_cmd(f"python -m pip install {old_bnb} --force-reinstall --no-deps", environment=True).returncode == 0
-        print("\n\nWARNING: GPU with compute < 7.0 detected!")
+        message = "\n\nWARNING: GPU with compute < 7.0 detected!\n"
         if old_bnb_install:
-            print("Older version of bitsandbytes has been installed to maintain compatibility.")
-            print("You will be unable to use --load-in-4bit!\n\n")
+            message += "Older version of bitsandbytes has been installed to maintain compatibility.\n"
+            message += "You will be unable to use --load-in-4bit!\n"
         else:
-            print("You will be unable to use --load-in-8bit until you install bitsandbytes 0.38.1!\n\n")
+            message += "You will be unable to use --load-in-8bit until you install bitsandbytes 0.38.1!\n"
+
+        print_big_message(message)
 
     # The following dependencies are for CUDA, not CPU
     # Check if the package cpuonly exists to determine if torch uses CUDA or not
@@ -174,11 +188,7 @@ def update_dependencies():
     if not glob.glob(quant_cuda_path_regex):
         # Attempt installation via alternative, Windows/Linux-specific method
         if sys.platform.startswith("win") or sys.platform.startswith("linux"):
-            print("\n\n*******************************************************************")
-            print("* WARNING: GPTQ-for-LLaMa compilation failed, but this is FINE and can be ignored!")
-            print("* The installer will proceed to install a pre-compiled wheel.")
-            print("*******************************************************************\n\n")
-
+            print_big_message("WARNING: GPTQ-for-LLaMa compilation failed, but this is FINE and can be ignored!\nThe installer will proceed to install a pre-compiled wheel.")
             url = "https://github.com/jllllll/GPTQ-for-LLaMa-Wheels/raw/main/quant_cuda-0.0.0-cp310-cp310-win_amd64.whl"
             if sys.platform.startswith("linux"):
                 url = "https://github.com/jllllll/GPTQ-for-LLaMa-Wheels/raw/Linux-x64/quant_cuda-0.0.0-cp310-cp310-linux_x86_64.whl"
@@ -200,7 +210,7 @@ def download_model():
     run_cmd("python download-model.py", environment=True)
 
 
-def run_model():
+def launch_webui():
     os.chdir("text-generation-webui")
     run_cmd(f"python server.py {CMD_FLAGS}", environment=True)
 
@@ -223,13 +233,12 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
         # Check if a model has been downloaded yet
         if len(glob.glob("text-generation-webui/models/*/")) == 0:
-            download_model()
-            os.chdir(script_dir)
+            print_big_message("WARNING: You haven't downloaded any model yet.\nOnce the web UI launches, head over to the bottom of the \"Model\" tab and download one.")
 
         # Workaround for llama-cpp-python loading paths in CUDA env vars even if they do not exist
         conda_path_bin = os.path.join(conda_env_path, "bin")
         if not os.path.exists(conda_path_bin):
             os.mkdir(conda_path_bin)
 
-        # Run the model with webui
-        run_model()
+        # Launch the webui
+        launch_webui()