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jonandClaude Opus 4.8 6137710c25 feat: put ncp on PATH on both platforms; rename WSL reqs to Windows
Ports the ncp PATH work from upstream. Registering ncp as a shell-profile
function failed three ways on Windows: the default Restricted execution policy
blocks the profile itself, profiles don't exist outside PowerShell (cmd, Win+R,
Task Scheduler), and the self-elevating installer writes the admin's profile.

Windows now ships management/ncp.cmd and the installer appends management\ to
the Machine PATH via [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable -- never setx, which
truncates PATH at 1024 chars. A .cmd is exempt from the execution policy.

Linux symlinks /usr/local/bin/ncp -> management/nexus-cli.sh, falling back to
the old .bashrc function when sudo is unavailable.

Also renames requirements-wsl.txt to requirements-windows.txt and purges stale
WSL references, including vite.config.js's dev-server comment and
controlpanel.py's "Check WSLg." error string.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-22 14:11:18 -05:00

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#Requires -Version 5.1
<#
.SYNOPSIS
NexusOS installer for Windows (native).
.DESCRIPTION
Installs Python, Node.js, and Ollama via winget, builds the Promethean
virtualenv and the web UI, and drops a desktop shortcut. NexusOS then runs
as a single process: the backend on :8000 serves the built UI, and the AI
(Ollama) is started manually from the UI.
Run from the nexus-core directory:
Right-click install-windows.ps1 -> "Run with PowerShell"
Requires Windows 10/11 with winget (App Installer). No reboot needed.
#>
Set-StrictMode -Version Latest
$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
$RepoRoot = $PSScriptRoot
# -- Helpers -------------------------------------------------------------------
function Write-Step { param([string]$Msg) Write-Host "`n==> $Msg" -ForegroundColor Cyan }
function Write-OK { param([string]$Msg) Write-Host " ok: $Msg" -ForegroundColor Green }
function Write-Warn { param([string]$Msg) Write-Host " warn: $Msg" -ForegroundColor Yellow }
function Write-Fail { param([string]$Msg) Write-Host "`n ERROR: $Msg`n" -ForegroundColor Red; Read-Host "Press Enter to exit"; exit 1 }
# Pull the current machine + user PATH out of the registry into this session, so
# tools winget just installed become runnable without opening a new shell.
function Update-SessionPath {
$m = [System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("Path", "Machine")
$u = [System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("Path", "User")
$env:Path = ($m, $u | Where-Object { $_ }) -join ";"
}
function Install-Winget {
param([string]$Id, [string]$Label)
Write-Step "Installing $Label"
winget install --id $Id -e --source winget `
--accept-package-agreements --accept-source-agreements --disable-interactivity | Out-Host
# winget returns non-zero when the package is already installed / up to date;
# that's not a failure for us. Verify presence after refreshing PATH instead.
Update-SessionPath
Write-OK "$Label step done"
}
# -- Self-elevate to Administrator ---------------------------------------------
$IsAdmin = ([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal][Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole(
[Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator)
if (-not $IsAdmin) {
Write-Host "Requesting administrator privileges..." -ForegroundColor Yellow
Start-Process powershell -ArgumentList "-NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File `"$PSCommandPath`"" -Verb RunAs
exit
}
Write-Host ""
Write-Host " NexusOS Installer for Windows (native)" -ForegroundColor White
Write-Host " ======================================" -ForegroundColor DarkGray
# -- winget present? -----------------------------------------------------------
Write-Step "Checking winget"
if (-not (Get-Command winget -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) {
Write-Fail "winget not found. Install 'App Installer' from the Microsoft Store, then re-run this installer."
}
Write-OK "winget available"
# -- Install runtimes ----------------------------------------------------------
Install-Winget "Python.Python.3.12" "Python 3.12"
Install-Winget "OpenJS.NodeJS.LTS" "Node.js LTS"
Install-Winget "Ollama.Ollama" "Ollama"
# -- Verify tools --------------------------------------------------------------
Write-Step "Verifying tools"
foreach ($t in @("python", "npm", "ollama")) {
if (-not (Get-Command $t -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) {
Write-Fail "$t is not on PATH after install. Close this window, open a new PowerShell, and re-run the installer."
}
Write-OK "$t found"
}
# -- Python venv + deps --------------------------------------------------------
Write-Step "Building the Promethean virtualenv"
$Venv = Join-Path $RepoRoot "Promethean"
$VenvPy = Join-Path $Venv "Scripts\python.exe"
if (-not (Test-Path $VenvPy)) {
python -m venv $Venv
}
if (-not (Test-Path $VenvPy)) { Write-Fail "venv creation failed at $Venv" }
& $VenvPy -m pip install --upgrade pip -q
$Req = Join-Path $RepoRoot "requirements-windows.txt" # CPU / pure-Python overlay - right for native Windows too
if (-not (Test-Path $Req)) { Write-Fail "requirements file not found: $Req" }
& $VenvPy -m pip install -r $Req
if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { Write-Fail "pip install failed (exit $LASTEXITCODE) - see output above" }
Write-OK "Python environment ready"
# -- Frontend build ------------------------------------------------------------
Write-Step "Building the web UI"
Push-Location (Join-Path $RepoRoot "interface\web")
npm install
if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { Pop-Location; Write-Fail "npm install failed (exit $LASTEXITCODE) - see output above" }
npm run build
if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { Pop-Location; Write-Fail "npm run build failed (exit $LASTEXITCODE) - no UI would be served" }
Pop-Location
if (-not (Test-Path (Join-Path $RepoRoot "interface\web\dist\index.html"))) {
Write-Fail "build reported success but interface\web\dist\index.html is missing"
}
Write-OK "Web UI built (interface\web\dist)"
# -- Pull models (best-effort) -------------------------------------------------
# Which models ship is decided in ONE place - DEFAULT_CHAT_MODEL and
# DEFAULT_MEMORY_MODEL in synapse\nexus_config.py (rationale documented there).
# Read them instead of hardcoding, so the installer can never pull one model
# while the backend defaults to another.
Push-Location $RepoRoot
$ChatModel = (& $VenvPy -c "from synapse.nexus_config import DEFAULT_CHAT_MODEL as m; print(m)")
$MemModel = (& $VenvPy -c "from synapse.nexus_config import DEFAULT_MEMORY_MODEL as m; print(m)")
Pop-Location
if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0 -or -not $ChatModel -or -not $MemModel) {
Write-Fail "Could not read the default models from synapse\nexus_config.py - the venv install is broken"
}
Write-Step "Pulling models ($ChatModel for chat, $MemModel for memory)"
Write-Host " Downloads a few GB; press Ctrl+C to skip and pull them later from the Models tab." -ForegroundColor DarkGray
try {
ollama pull $ChatModel | Out-Host
Write-OK "$ChatModel ready (default chat model)"
} catch {
Write-Warn "$ChatModel pull skipped/failed - pull it from the Models tab later."
}
try {
ollama pull $MemModel | Out-Host
Write-OK "$MemModel ready (memory curator)"
} catch {
Write-Warn "$MemModel pull skipped/failed - the memory service will fall back to the chat model."
}
# Pin it as the default chat model. Runs from the repo root so the synapse
# package imports; only writes the 'model' setting in the shared DB.
Write-Step "Setting $ChatModel as the default model"
Push-Location $RepoRoot
& $VenvPy -c "from synapse.memory.store import store; from synapse.nexus_config import DEFAULT_CHAT_MODEL; store.update_settings({'model': DEFAULT_CHAT_MODEL})"
$seedOk = ($LASTEXITCODE -eq 0)
Pop-Location
if ($seedOk) { Write-OK "Default model set to $ChatModel" }
else { Write-Warn "Could not persist default model - pick it at the top of the chat instead." }
# -- Make Ollama manual-start (NexusOS owns the lifecycle) ----------------------
Write-Step "Setting Ollama to manual start"
# The Ollama desktop app autostarts a server at every login, and the elevated
# 'ollama pull' above leaves an elevated server the user-level app cannot stop -
# which makes the Start/Stop AI button get stuck. Remove the login autostart and
# stop the running server so NexusOS controls Ollama via its Start AI button.
try {
$ollamaAutostart = Join-Path ([Environment]::GetFolderPath("Startup")) "Ollama.lnk"
if (Test-Path $ollamaAutostart) {
Remove-Item $ollamaAutostart -Force
Write-OK "Removed Ollama login autostart"
}
foreach ($img in @("ollama app.exe", "ollama.exe")) {
taskkill /F /T /IM $img 2>$null | Out-Null
}
Write-OK "Ollama set to manual start"
} catch {
Write-Warn "Could not adjust Ollama autostart - you can still Start/Stop AI from the app."
}
# -- ncp command ---------------------------------------------------------------
# management\ncp.cmd goes on the machine PATH rather than a `function ncp` in the
# PowerShell profile. Three reasons the profile route kept biting:
# 1. Execution policy defaults to Restricted, which blocks the profile itself -
# so the function was never defined, and ncp.ps1 could not have run anyway.
# 2. Profiles are a PowerShell thing. cmd, Win+R, Task Scheduler and .lnk
# targets all reported "ncp is not recognized".
# 3. We are elevated here, so $PROFILE is the ADMIN's profile - the whole
# -InvokerProfile dance existed to work around that. Machine PATH has no
# such split.
# The Linux side does the matching thing: a symlink in /usr/local/bin.
Write-Step "Registering the ncp command"
try {
$NcpCmd = Join-Path $RepoRoot "management\ncp.cmd"
if (-not (Test-Path $NcpCmd)) { throw "ncp.cmd not found at '$NcpCmd'" }
$BinDir = Split-Path -Parent $NcpCmd
# Machine scope needs admin, which the self-elevation above already gave us.
# Read-modify-write through .NET, NEVER setx: setx silently truncates PATH at
# 1024 characters and has permanently broken machines.
$Current = [Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("Path", "Machine")
$Entries = @($Current -split ';' | Where-Object { $_ -ne "" })
if ($Entries -contains $BinDir) {
Write-OK "ncp already on the machine PATH ($BinDir)"
} else {
$New = (@($Entries) + $BinDir) -join ';'
[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("Path", $New, "Machine")
Write-OK "ncp registered on the machine PATH ($BinDir)"
}
# PATH is read at process start, so this shell and any already-open one still
# do not have it. Patch ours so the rest of the installer can call ncp.
$env:Path = "$env:Path;$BinDir"
} catch {
Write-Warn "Could not put ncp on PATH - add this directory to PATH by hand:"
Write-Warn " $RepoRoot\management"
}
# -- Desktop shortcut ----------------------------------------------------------
Write-Step "Creating desktop shortcut"
try {
$Launcher = Join-Path $RepoRoot "launch_nexus.ps1"
$LnkPath = Join-Path ([Environment]::GetFolderPath("Desktop")) "NexusOS.lnk"
$ws = New-Object -ComObject WScript.Shell
$lnk = $ws.CreateShortcut($LnkPath)
$lnk.TargetPath = "powershell.exe"
$lnk.Arguments = "-NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -WindowStyle Hidden -File `"$Launcher`""
$lnk.WorkingDirectory = $RepoRoot
$lnk.Description = "Launch NexusOS"
$Ico = Join-Path $RepoRoot "assets\NexusOS.ico"
if (Test-Path $Ico) { $lnk.IconLocation = "$Ico,0" }
$lnk.Save()
Write-OK "Desktop shortcut created"
} catch {
Write-Warn "Could not create desktop shortcut - launch with: powershell -File launch_nexus.ps1"
}
# -- Done ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Write-Host ""
Write-Host " ==========================================================" -ForegroundColor Green
Write-Host " NexusOS is installed!" -ForegroundColor Green
Write-Host ""
Write-Host " Launch: double-click the NexusOS shortcut on your desktop" -ForegroundColor White
Write-Host " (or run powershell -File launch_nexus.ps1)" -ForegroundColor White
Write-Host ""
Write-Host " The app opens at http://localhost:8000" -ForegroundColor White
Write-Host " The AI starts OFF - click 'Start AI' in the sidebar to turn it on." -ForegroundColor White
Write-Host ""
Write-Host " Terminal: open a NEW PowerShell window, then run ncp help" -ForegroundColor White
Write-Host " (the profile that defines ncp is only read at startup)" -ForegroundColor DarkGray
Write-Host " ==========================================================" -ForegroundColor Green
Write-Host ""
Read-Host "Press Enter to close"