Create a virtual environment in a dedicated directory and update the PATH for user sessions

Author: KillianLucas

installers/new-installer.sh

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ set -e
 REPO_URL="https://github.com/OpenInterpreter/open-interpreter.git"
 BRANCH="development"
 PYTHON_VERSION="3.12"
+VENV_DIR="$HOME/.openinterpreter/venv"
 
 # Install uv if not present
 if ! command -v uv > /dev/null 2>&1; then
@@ -25,11 +26,19 @@ uv python install "$PYTHON_VERSION"
 # Create virtual environment
 echo "Creating virtual environment..."
 mkdir -p "$HOME/.openinterpreter"
-uv venv --python "$PYTHON_VERSION" "$HOME/.openinterpreter/venv"
+uv venv --python "$PYTHON_VERSION" "$VENV_DIR"
 
 # Install package into the venv
 echo "Installing package..."
-uv pip install --python "$HOME/.openinterpreter/venv/bin/python" "git+$REPO_URL@$BRANCH"
+uv pip install --python "$VENV_DIR/bin/python" "git+$REPO_URL@$BRANCH"
+
+# Update PATH for current session and future sessions
+export PATH="$VENV_DIR/bin:$PATH"
+SHELL_CONFIG="$HOME/.bashrc"
+if [[ "$SHELL" == *"zsh"* ]]; then
+    SHELL_CONFIG="$HOME/.zshrc"
+fi
+echo "export PATH=\"$VENV_DIR/bin:\$PATH\"" >> "$SHELL_CONFIG"
 
 echo
 echo "Installation complete!"