Installing the uAgents Framework 🛠️📲

System Requirements

Fetch.ai's uagents ↗️ (opens in a new tab) package is a Python library running on Ubuntu/Debian, MacOS, and Windows systems.

On your computer, you may need to install:

• Python ↗️ (opens in a new tab) 3.8, 3.9 or 3.10.
• PIP ↗️ (opens in a new tab) (Python Installs Packages).
• Poetry ↗️ (opens in a new tab) for virtual environments (optional).
• uAgents framework ↗️ (opens in a new tab)

Install with Pip

1. Create a directory for your uAgents related project: mkdir directory_name

2. Within the directory, create and open a virtual environment using Poetry: poetry init -n && poetry shell

3. Install Fetch.ai uAgents Framework: pip install uagents

4. Check if installation was successful: pip show uagents

Install from source code

1. Download the latest released version from Github and navigate to the uAgents directory:

   git clone https://github.com/fetchai/uAgents.git
   cd uAgents

2. Install the required dependencies:

   poetry install

3. Open the virtual environment:

   poetry shell

Troubleshooting

It is possible that you may face issues during the installation process. Here, you can find common problems and their solutions:

Problem (MacOS/Python 3.11): Installing coincurve (17.0.0): Failed

Solution: install the latest versions of automake, autoconf, and libtool: brew install automake autoconf libtool

For any other problems, please let us know by creating an issue ↗️ (opens in a new tab).