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Installation: ComfyUI

ComfyUI: Installation

1. Open a terminal

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2. Run the following commands in terminal in this order

2.1. Download the ComfyUI repository
git clone https://github.com/comfyanonymous/ComfyUI
2.2. Navigate to the "custom_nodes" folder (change directory) and download the ComfyUI managerManager 
cd ComfyUI/custom_nodes
git clone https://github.com/ltdrdata/ComfyUI-Manager

3. Navigate to the ComfyUI with Manager notebook and open it:

Path: ComfyUI/custom_nodes/ComfyUI-Manager/notebooks/comfyui_colab_with_manager.ipynb

4. Make following changes to the notebook:

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4.1. Disable Google Drive Connection (Set USE_GOOGLE_DRIVE from "True" to= "False")

Delete:

USE_GOOGLE_DRIVE = True  #@param {type:"boolean"}

Paste: 

USE_GOOGLE_DRIVE = False  #@param {type:"boolean"}

4.2. DeleteChange theseWorkspace linesLocation (Set WORKSPACE = '~/ComfyUI')
Delete: 


current_dir = !pwd 

WORKSPACE = f"{current_dir[0]}/ComfyUI"

&

Paste:

exhange with: 
WORKSPACE = '~/ComfyUI'




5. Make sure the code looks like this & save the notebook changes


comfyui-installation-after.jpg

Return back to home directory 

cd

Change directory and navigate to the stable-diffusion-webui folder

cd stable-diffusion-webui

Run this command to assign execution rights

chmod +x webui.sh

Optional: Install Deforum Extension

5. Run webui.sh
./webui.sh --share
6. In the terminal code, search for the public URL (Running on public URL: https:// xxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-.gradio.live) and copy it to your browser
7. If you receive the following error message after trying to generate your first image, in the WebUI go to Settings > Stable Diffusion > & check the box for "Upcast cross attention layer to float" > Apply settings & Reload UI

NansException: A tensor with all NaNs was produced in Unet. This could be either because there's not enough precision to represent the picture, or because your video card does not support half type. Try setting the "Upcast cross attention layer to float32" option in Settings > Stable Diffusion or using the --no-half commandline argument to fix this. Use --disable-nan-check commandline argument to disable this check.

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8. At end of use: Within the interface, go to File > Hub Control Panel > Stop My Server


Deforum Extention (Animation for SD): Installation

1. Open a terminal & navigate to the stable-diffusion-webui folder
cd stable-diffusion-webui
2. Download the Deforum repository
git clone https://github.com/deforum-art/deforum-for-automatic1111-webui/ extensions/deforum

Tutorial recommendation: Deforum Settings Explained - Part 1 Stable Diffusion Automatic 1111

Tutorial recommendation: Deforum for AUTOMATIC1111 - Stable Diffusion Tutorial - AI Animation Part 2

After Installation: Running Stable Diffusion WebUI

1. Open a terminal & navigate to the stable-diffusion-webui folder
cd stable-diffusion-webui
2. Run webui.sh 
./webui.sh --share
3. In the terminal code, search for the public URL (Running on public URL: https:// xxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-.gradio.live) and copy it to your browser
4. At end of use: Within the interface, go to File > Hub Control Panel > Stop My Server

Tutorial recommendation: Stable diffusion tutorial. ULTIMATE guide - everything you need to know!



Please Note: The original version of this book was created by Laura Wagner. This is merely an update of her work!

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