Initial set up

[newbx0]

Describe the bug
Hi, Im new to this.. but I wanted to try see what I could do with Eliza but having some trouble installing. I followed the youtube video for dev school by Shaw and got to installing from Github but something is not going right with the install process.

I am on Windows but I have installed the WSL2 and Ubuntu to run on Cursor.
node v23.5
npm v10.9
pnpm v9.15

To Reproduce
My prompts are in bold:

git clone https://github.com/elizaos/eliza.git
Cloning into 'eliza'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 62388, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (24/24), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (22/22), done.
remote: Total 62388 (delta 4), reused 9 (delta 2), pack-reused 62364 (from 1)
Receiving objects: 100% (62388/62388), 98.58 MiB | 6.22 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (40566/40566), done.
Updating files: 100% (1742/1742), done.
warning: the following paths have collided (e.g. case-sensitive paths
on a case-insensitive filesystem) and only one from the same
colliding group is in the working tree:

'packages/plugin-story/README.MD'
'packages/plugin-story/Readme.md'

git checkout $(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
fatal: not a git repository (or any parent up to mount point /mnt)
Stopping at filesystem boundary (GIT_DISCOVERY_ACROSS_FILESYSTEM not set).
fatal: not a git repository (or any parent up to mount point /mnt)
Stopping at filesystem boundary (GIT_DISCOVERY_ACROSS_FILESYSTEM not set).

cp .env.example .env
cp: cannot stat '.env.example': No such file or directory

pnpm i && pnpm build && pnpm start
Already up to date

╭──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ │
│ Update available! 9.15.2 → 9.15.3. │
│ Changelog: https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/releases/tag/v9.15.3 │
│ Run "pnpm self-update" to update. │
│ │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

Done in 241ms
 ERR_PNPM_RECURSIVE_EXEC_FIRST_FAIL  Command "build" not found

pnpm self-update
.../pnpm/.tools/@pnpm+linux-x64/9.15.3 | Progress: resolved 1, reused 0, down.../pnpm/.tools/@pnpm+linux-x64/9.15.3 | +1 +
.../pnpm/.tools/@pnpm+linux-x64/9.15.3 | Progress: resolved 1, reused 0, downDownloading @pnpm/linux-x64@9.15.3: 26.21 MB/26.21 MB, done
.../pnpm/.tools/@pnpm+linux-x64/9.15.3 | Progress: resolved 1, reused 0, down.../pnpm/.tools/@pnpm+linux-x64/9.15.3 | Progress: resolved 1, reused 0, down.../pnpm/.tools/@pnpm+linux-x64/9.15.3 | Progress: resolved 1, reused 0, downloaded 1, added 1, done

pnpm start:client
 ERR_PNPM_RECURSIVE_EXEC_FIRST_FAIL  Command "start:client" not found

Expected behavior
Run Eliza

Screenshots

Additional context
Thanks for your help

[github-actions]

Hello @newbx0! Welcome to the ai16z community. Thank you for opening your first issue; we appreciate your contribution. You are now a ai16z contributor!

[AIFlowML]

Hello @newbx0 we need more info from you.
What platform, what version are you running ?
I wait for yur feeback.

[JoeyKhd]

Hey @newbx0 it looks like you missed the cd eliza-starter command.

Therefore the cp command and git checkout failed since you were not actually in the repository.

If this resolves your issue please close this issue, thanks.

[newbx0]

Hi both, thanks for your help.

@JoeyKhd , I put in the command and this is what it shows:
cd eliza-starter
-bash: cd: eliza-starter: No such file or directory

@AIFlowML , Im quite new to this and not sure.. can you tell me how I would check the platform and version

Thanks

[JoeyKhd]

Hi again @newbx0,

The issue you are having is not related to Eliza itself but rather the lack of Linux related knowledge from your end.
Feel free to join us on Discord https://discord.gg/elizaOS so we can help you out in a better way instead of keeping this issue open.

[newbx0]

@JoeyKhd youre probaly right, will definitely check out the Discord, thanks.

Before I close, I got some of it working, can you have a look at this as well:

cd eliza-starter
git checkout $(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
fatal: No names found, cannot describe anything.
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/main'.
cp .env.example .env
pnpm i && pnpm build && pnpm start
 WARN  19 deprecated subdependencies found: @cliqz/adblocker-content@1.34.0, @cliqz/adblocker-extended-selectors@1.34.0, @cliqz/adblocker-playwright@1.34.0, @cliqz/adblocker@1.34.0, @discordjs/voice@0.17.0, are-we-there-yet@2.0.0, are-we-there-yet@3.0.1, bin-version-check@6.0.0, gauge@3.0.2, gauge@4.0.4, glob@7.2.3, har-validator@5.1.5, inflight@1.0.6, npmlog@5.0.1, npmlog@6.0.2, puppeteer@19.11.1, request@2.88.2, rimraf@3.0.2, uuid@3.4.0
Packages: +1340
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Progress: resolved 1436, reused 1317, downloaded 24, added 53, done
node_modules/.pnpm/ffmpeg-static@5.2.0/node_modules/ffmpeg-static: Running install script...
node_modules/.pnpm/onnxruntime-node@1.20.0/node_modules/onnxruntime-node: Running postinstall script...
node_modules/.pnpm/ffmpeg-static@5.2.0/node_modules/ffmpeg-static: Running install script, done in 4s/sharp@0.33.5/node_modules/sharp: Running install script...
node_modules/.pnpm/onnxruntime-node@1.20.0/node_modules/onnxruntime-node: Running postinstall script, done in 5.1s/node_modules/sharp: Running install script, done in 3.6s in 2.1s
node_modules/.pnpm/node-llama-cpp@3.1.1_typescript@5.6.3/node_modules/node-llama-cpp: Running postinstall script...
node_modules/.pnpm/canvas@2.11.2/node_modules/canvas: Running install script, failed in 22.8s (skipped as optional)f7d5f9fb02/node_modules/@discordjs/opus: Running install script...
node_modules/.pnpm/esbuild@0.21.5/node_modules/esbuild: Running postinstall script.node_modules/.pnpm/@discordjs+opus@https+++codeload.github.com+discordjs+opus+tar.gz+31da49d8d2cc6c5a2ab1bfd332033ff7d5f9fb02/node_modules/@discordjs/opus: Running install script, failed in 17.7s
.../node_modules/@discordjs/opus install$ node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-bui…
│ node-pre-gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
│ node-pre-gyp info using node-pre-gyp@0.4.5
│ node-pre-gyp info using node@23.5.0 | linux | x64
│ (node:2279) [DEP0040] DeprecationWarning: The punycode module is deprecated.…
│ (Use node --trace-deprecation ... to show where the warning was created)
│ node-pre-gyp info check checked for "/mnt/c/Users/fruip/eliza-starter/node_mod…
│ node-pre-gyp http GET https://github.com/discordjs/opus/releases/download/v0.9…
│ node-pre-gyp ERR! install response status 404 Not Found on https://github.com/…
│ node-pre-gyp WARN Pre-built binaries not installable for @discordjs/opus@0.9.0…
│ node-pre-gyp WARN Hit error response status 404 Not Found on https://github.co…
│ gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
│ gyp info using node-gyp@11.0.0
│ gyp info using node@23.5.0 | linux | x64
│ gyp info ok
│ gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
│ gyp info using node-gyp@11.0.0
│ gyp info using node@23.5.0 | linux | x64
│ gyp info find Python using Python version 3.10.12 found at "/usr/bin/python3"
│ gyp info spawn /usr/bin/python3
│ gyp info spawn args [
│ gyp info spawn args '/home/ffruipi/.nvm/versions/node/v23.5.0/lib/node_modules…
│ gyp info spawn args 'binding.gyp',
│ gyp info spawn args '-f',
│ gyp info spawn args 'make',
│ gyp info spawn args '-I',
│ gyp info spawn args '/mnt/c/Users/fruip/eliza-starter/node_modules/.pnpm/@disc…
│ gyp info spawn args '-I',
│ gyp info spawn args '/home/ffruipi/.nvm/versions/node/v23.5.0/lib/node_modules…
│ gyp info spawn args '-I',
│ gyp info spawn args '/home/ffruipi/.cache/node-gyp/23.5.0/include/node/common.…
│ gyp info spawn args '-Dlibrary=shared_library',
│ gyp info spawn args '-Dvisibility=default',
│ gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_root_dir=/home/ffruipi/.cache/node-gyp/23.5.0',
│ gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_gyp_dir=/home/ffruipi/.nvm/versions/node/v23.5.0/l…
│ gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_lib_file=/home/ffruipi/.cache/node-gyp/23.5.0/<(ta…
│ gyp info spawn args '-Dmodule_root_dir=/mnt/c/Users/fruip/eliza-starter/node_m…
│ gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_engine=v8',
│ gyp info spawn args '--depth=.',
│ gyp info spawn args '--no-parallel',
│ gyp info spawn args '--generator-output',
│ gyp info spawn args 'build',
│ gyp info spawn args '-Goutput_dir=.'
│ gyp info spawn args ]
│ gyp info ok
│ gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
│ gyp info using node-gyp@11.0.0
│ gyp info using node@23.5.0 | linux | x64
│ gyp ERR! build error
│ gyp ERR! stack Error: not found: make
│ gyp ERR! stack at getNotFoundError (/home/ffruipi/.nvm/versions/node/v23.5.0/l…
│ gyp ERR! stack at which (/home/ffruipi/.nvm/versions/node/v23.5.0/lib/node_mod…
│ gyp ERR! stack at async doWhich (/home/ffruipi/.nvm/versions/node/v23.5.0/lib/…
│ gyp ERR! stack at async loadConfigGypi (/home/ffruipi/.nvm/versions/node/v23.5…
│ gyp ERR! stack at async build (/home/ffruipi/.nvm/versions/node/v23.5.0/lib/no…
│ gyp ERR! stack at async run (/home/ffruipi/.nvm/versions/node/v23.5.0/lib/node…
│ gyp ERR! System Linux 5.15.167.4-microsoft-standard-WSL2
│ gyp ERR! command "/home/ffruipi/.nvm/versions/node/v23.5.0/bin/node" "/home/ff…
│ gyp ERR! cwd /mnt/c/Users/fruip/eliza-starter/node_modules/.pnpm/@discordjs+op…
│ gyp ERR! node -v v23.5.0
│ gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v11.0.0
│ gyp ERR! not ok
│ node-pre-gyp ERR! build error
│ node-pre-gyp ERR! stack Error: Failed to execute '/home/ffruipi/.nvm/versions/…
│ node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess. (/mnt/c/Users/fruip/el…
│ node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:513:28)
│ node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1101:16)
│ node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/chil…
│ node-pre-gyp ERR! System Linux 5.15.167.4-microsoft-standard-WSL2
│ node-pre-gyp ERR! command "/home/ffruipi/.nvm/versions/node/v23.5.0/bin/node" …
│ node-pre-gyp ERR! cwd /mnt/c/Users/fruip/eliza-starter/node_modules/.pnpm/@dis…
│ node-pre-gyp ERR! node -v v23.5.0
│ node-pre-gyp ERR! node-pre-gyp -v v0.4.5
│ node-pre-gyp ERR! not ok
│ Failed to execute '/home/ffruipi/.nvm/versions/node/v23.5.0/bin/node /home/ffr…
└─ Failed in 17.7s at /mnt/c/Users/fruip/eliza-starter/node_modules/.pnpm/@discordjs+opus@https+++codeload.github.com+discordjs+opus+tar.gz+31da49d8d2cc6c5a2ab1bfd332033ff7d5f9fb02/node_modules/@discordjs/opus
node_modules/.pnpm/esbuild@0.21.5/node_modules/esbuild: Running postinstall script, done in 1.4s
 ELIFECYCLE  Command failed with exit code 1.