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Hello There !!!

Are you stuck in the Dependency hell!!! , Tired!! of Using Docker To ship YOUR machine Env.

I know a tool called flox which will help you by introducing a TERM Called ENVIRONMENT AS CODE (EAC) -- it is a new term {let it be..... }

use this link to install flox in your system https://flox.dev/docs/install-flox/install/

Workshop {Flox_0}

Let me demonstrate the capabilities of Flox by setting up the ClamAV antivirus engine along with Cowsay in a properly configured isolated environment.

Disclaimer

Important: Kindly install Flox in your machine before jump into the Workshop

Let's start,

1. create a directory :

  git init Floxtest1 && cd Floxtest1

2. Initialize Flox in This Directory

flox init

3. gonna install ClamAV and Cowsay

flox install clamav cowsay

4. 🔒 Let's Activate the Isolated Shell

flox activate

5. Run this command to check does it work

 clamscan / | cowsay -f dragon

by using the cowsay -cowsay -l {List all available art}

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or Download my pre-configured isolated env from the Floxhub

just two steps After creating a Directory

1. Download my Pre-configured ENV from Floxhub

flox pull patrick1904-s/floxtest

2. Activate The Environment

flox activate

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Preconfigured Environment

In the flox example environment , They have shipped a bunch of preconfigured environments .

Featured Environments

Below is a list of some of the key environments and their primary uses:

• OpenAI: Includes the OpenAI Python library to help you integrate ChatGPT into your workflows.
• PostgreSQL: Contains the popular open-source PostgreSQL database.
• Flox AI Modeling (FLAIM): Tailored for training and inference with Diffusers and Transformers.
• Ollama: Designed for pulling and running Large Language Models (LLMs) locally.
• Anthropic: Provides access to the Claude API.
• Metabase: A great environment for data analytics.
• Direnv: Automatically activates environments as you navigate between different directories.
• Jupyter Notebook: A simple way to start a notebook server.

Reference

1. FLox installation : https://flox.dev/docs/install-flox/install/
2. Flox Documentation : https://flox.dev/docs/
3. Clamav Documentation : https://docs.clamav.net/
4. Awesomeness of nix : https://github.com/nix-community/awesome-nix
5. cowsay Documentation : https://pypi.org/project/cowsay/