The automated installer is a Python script that automates the steps
needed to install and run InvokeAI on a stock computer running recent
versions of Linux, MacOS or Windows. It will leave you with a version
that runs a stable version of InvokeAI with the option to upgrade to
experimental versions later.
Walk through
Hardware Requirements: Make sure that your system meets the hardware
requirements and has the
appropriate GPU drivers installed. For a system with an NVIDIA
card installed, you will need to install the CUDA driver, while
AMD-based cards require the ROCm driver. In most cases, if you've
already used the system for gaming or other graphics-intensive
tasks, the appropriate drivers will already be installed. If
unsure, check the GPU Driver Guide
!!! info "Required Space"
Installation requires roughly 18G of free disk space to load
the libraries and recommended model weights files.
Regardless of your destination disk, your *system drive*
(`C:\` on Windows, `/` on macOS/Linux) requires at least 6GB
of free disk space to download and cache python
dependencies.
NOTE for Linux users: if your temporary directory is mounted
as a tmpfs, ensure it has sufficient space.
Software Requirements: Check that your system has an up-to-date Python installed. To do
this, open up a command-line window ("Terminal" on Linux and
Macintosh, "Command" or "Powershell" on Windows) and type python --version. If Python is installed, it will print out the version
number. If it is version 3.9.1 or 3.10.x, you meet
requirements.
!!! warning "What to do if you have an unsupported version"
Go to [Python Downloads](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
and download the appropriate installer package for your
platform. We recommend [Version
3.10.9](https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3109/),
which has been extensively tested with InvokeAI. At this time
we do not recommend Python 3.11.
Please select your platform in the section below for platform-specific
setup requirements.
=== "Windows"
During the Python configuration process, look out for a
checkbox to add Python to your PATH and select it. If the
install script complains that it can't find python, then open
the Python installer again and choose "Modify" existing
installation.
Installation requires an up to date version of the Microsoft
Visual C libraries. Please install the 2015-2022 libraries
available here:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-US/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170
Please double-click on the file `WinLongPathsEnabled.reg` and
accept the dialog box that asks you if you wish to modify your registry.
This activates long filename support on your system and will prevent
mysterious errors during installation.
=== "Linux"
To install an appropriate version of Python on Ubuntu 22.04
and higher, run the following:
```
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y python3 python3-pip python3-venv
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/local/bin/python python /usr/bin/python3.10 3
```
On Ubuntu 20.04, the process is slightly different:
```
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
sudo apt install python3.10 python3-pip python3.10-venv
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/local/bin/python python /usr/bin/python3.10 3
```
Both `python` and `python3` commands are now pointing at
Python3.10. You can still access older versions of Python by
calling `python2`, `python3.8`, etc.
Linux systems require a couple of additional graphics
libraries to be installed for proper functioning of
`python3-opencv`. Please run the following:
`sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y libglib2.0-0 libgl1-mesa-glx`
=== "Mac"
After installing Python, you may need to run the
following command from the Terminal in order to install the Web
certificates needed to download model data from https sites. If
you see lots of CERTIFICATE ERRORS during the last part of the
install, this is the problem, and you can fix it with this command:
`/Applications/Python\ 3.10/Install\ Certificates.command`
You may need to install the Xcode command line tools. These
are a set of tools that are needed to run certain applications in a
Terminal, including InvokeAI. This package is provided
directly by Apple. To install, open a terminal window and run `xcode-select --install`. You will get a macOS system popup guiding you through the
install. If you already have them installed, you will instead see some
output in the Terminal advising you that the tools are already installed. More information can be found at [FreeCode Camp](https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/install-xcode-command-line-tools/)
Download the Installer: The InvokeAI installer is distributed as a ZIP files. Go to the
latest release,
and look for a file named:
InvokeAI-installer-v2.X.X.zip
where "2.X.X" is the latest released version. The file is located
at the very bottom of the release page, under Assets.
Unpack the installer: Unpack the zip file into a convenient directory. This will create a new
directory named "InvokeAI-Installer". When unpacked, the directory
will look like this:
Launch the installer script from the desktop: If you are using a desktop GUI, double-click the installer file
appropriate for your platform. It will be named install.bat on
Windows systems and install.sh on Linux and Macintosh
systems. Be aware that your system's file browser may suppress the
display of the file extension.
On Windows systems if you get an "Untrusted Publisher" warning.
Click on "More Info" and then select "Run Anyway." You trust us, right?
[Alternative] Launch the installer script from the command line: Alternatively, from the command line, run the shell script or .bat file:
C:\Documents\Linco> cd InvokeAI-Installer
C:\Documents\Linco\invokeAI> install.bat
Select the location to install InvokeAI: The script will ask you to choose where to install InvokeAI. Select a
directory with at least 18G of free space for a full install. InvokeAI and
all its support files will be installed into a new directory named
invokeai located at the location you specify.
The default is to install the invokeai directory in your home directory,
usually C:\Users\YourName\invokeai on Windows systems,
/home/YourName/invokeai on Linux systems, and /Users/YourName/invokeai
on Macintoshes, where "YourName" is your login name.
The script uses tab autocompletion to suggest directory path completions.
Type part of the path (e.g. "C:\Users") and press ++tab++ repeatedly
to suggest completions.
Select your GPU: The installer will autodetect your platform and will request you to
confirm the type of GPU your graphics card has. On Linux systems,
you will have the choice of CUDA (NVidia cards), ROCm (AMD cards),
or CPU (no graphics acceleration). On Windows, you'll have the
choice of CUDA vs CPU, and on Macs you'll be offered CPU only. When
you select CPU on M1 or M2 Macintoshes, you will get MPS-based
graphics acceleration without installing additional drivers. If you
are unsure what GPU you are using, you can ask the installer to
guess.
Watch it go!: Sit back and let the install script work. It will install the third-party
libraries needed by InvokeAI and the application itself.
Be aware that some of the library download and install steps take a long
time. In particular, the pytorch package is quite large and often appears
to get "stuck" at 99.9%. Have patience and the installation step will
eventually resume. However, there are occasions when the library install
does legitimately get stuck. If you have been waiting for more than ten
minutes and nothing is happening, you can interrupt the script with ^C. You
may restart it and it will pick up where it left off.
Post-install Configuration: After installation completes, the installer will launch the
configuration script, which will guide you through the first-time
process of selecting one or more Stable Diffusion model weights
files, downloading and configuring them. We provide a list of
popular models that InvokeAI performs well with. However, you can
add more weight files later on using the command-line client or
the Web UI. See Installing Models for
details.
If you have already downloaded the weights file(s) for another Stable
Diffusion distribution, you may skip this step (by selecting "skip" when
prompted) and configure InvokeAI to use the previously-downloaded files. The
process for this is described in Installing Models.
Running InvokeAI for the first time: The script will now exit and you'll be ready to generate some images. Look
for the directory invokeai installed in the location you chose at the
beginning of the install session. Look for a shell script named invoke.sh
(Linux/Mac) or invoke.bat (Windows). Launch the script by double-clicking
it or typing its name at the command-line:
C:\Documents\Linco> cd invokeai
C:\Documents\Linco\invokeAI> invoke.bat
The invoke.bat (invoke.sh) script will give you the choice
of starting (1) the command-line interface, (2) the web GUI, (3)
textual inversion training, and (4) model merging.
By default, the script will launch the web interface. When you
do this, you'll see a series of startup messages ending with
instructions to point your browser at
http://localhost:9090. Click on this link to open up a browser
and start exploring InvokeAI's features.
InvokeAI Options: You can launch InvokeAI with several different command-line arguments that
customize its behavior. For example, you can change the location of the
image output directory, or select your favorite sampler. See the
Command-Line Interface for a full list of the options.
To set defaults that will take effect every time you launch InvokeAI,
use a text editor (e.g. Notepad) to exit the file
invokeai\invokeai.init. It contains a variety of examples that you can
follow to add and modify launch options.
The launcher script also offers you an option labeled "open the developer
console". If you choose this option, you will be dropped into a
command-line interface in which you can run python commands directly,
access developer tools, and launch InvokeAI with customized options.
!!! warning "Do not move or remove the invokeai directory"
The `invokeai` directory contains the `invokeai` application, its
configuration files, the model weight files, and outputs of image generation.
Once InvokeAI is installed, do not move or remove this directory."
Troubleshooting
Package dependency conflicts
If you have previously installed InvokeAI or another Stable Diffusion
package, the installer may occasionally pick up outdated libraries and
either the installer or invoke will fail with complaints about
library conflicts. In this case, run the invoke.sh/invoke.bat
command and enter the Developer's Console by picking option (5). This
will take you to a command-line prompt.
Then give this command:
pip install InvokeAI --force-reinstall
This should fix the issues.
InvokeAI runs extremely slowly on Linux or Windows systems
The most frequent cause of this problem is when the installation
process installed the CPU-only version of the torch machine-learning
library, rather than a version that takes advantage of GPU
acceleration. To confirm this issue, look at the InvokeAI startup
messages. If you see a message saying ">> Using device CPU", then
this is what happened.
To fix this problem, first determine whether you have an NVidia or an
AMD GPU. The former uses the CUDA driver, and the latter uses ROCm
(only available on Linux). Then run the invoke.sh/invoke.bat
command and enter the Developer's Console by picking option (5). This
will take you to a command-line prompt.
Everything seems to install ok, but invokeai complains of a corrupted
configuration file and goes back into the configuration process (asking you to
download models, etc), but this doesn't fix the problem.
This issue is often caused by a misconfigured configuration directive in the
invokeai\invokeai.init initialization file that contains startup settings. The
easiest way to fix the problem is to move the file out of the way and re-run
invokeai-configure. Enter the developer's console (option 3 of the launcher
script) and run this command:
invokeai-configure --root=.
Note the dot (.) after --root. It is part of the command.
If none of these maneuvers fixes the problem then please report the problem to
the InvokeAI Issues section, or
visit our Discord Server for interactive
assistance.
Other Problems
If you run into problems during or after installation, the InvokeAI team is
available to help you. Either create an
Issue at our GitHub site, or
make a request for help on the "bugs-and-support" channel of our
Discord server. We are a 100% volunteer
organization, but typically somebody will be available to help you within 24
hours, and often much sooner.
Start the invoke.sh/invoke.bat launch script from within the
invokeai root directory.
Choose menu item (6) "Developer's Console". This will launch a new
command line.
Type the following command:
pip install InvokeAI --upgrade
Watch the installation run. Once it is complete, you may exit the
command line by typing exit, and then start InvokeAI from the
launch script as per usual.
Alternatively, if you wish to get the most recent unreleased
development version, perform the same steps to enter the developer's
console, and then type:
