chore: terminal toolkit venv setting using symlinks=True (#3655)

Author: Wendong-Fan

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ body:
     attributes:
       label: What version of camel are you using?
       description: Run command `python3 -c 'print(__import__("camel").__version__)'` in your shell and paste the output here.
-      placeholder: E.g., 0.2.83a0
+      placeholder: E.g., 0.2.83a1
     validations:
       required: true
 

camel/__init__.py

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 from camel.logger import disable_logging, enable_logging, set_log_level
 
-__version__ = '0.2.83a0'
+__version__ = '0.2.83a1'
 
 __all__ = [
     '__version__',

camel/toolkits/terminal_toolkit/utils.py

@@ -357,9 +357,22 @@ def setup_initial_env_with_venv(
     r"""Set up initial environment using standard venv."""
     try:
         # Create virtual environment with system Python
-        venv.create(
-            env_path, with_pip=True, system_site_packages=False, symlinks=False
-        )
+        try:
+            venv.create(
+                env_path,
+                with_pip=True,
+                system_site_packages=False,
+                symlinks=True,
+            )
+        except Exception:
+            # Fallback to symlinks=False if symlinks=True fails
+            # (e.g., on some Windows configurations)
+            venv.create(
+                env_path,
+                with_pip=True,
+                system_site_packages=False,
+                symlinks=False,
+            )
 
         # Get pip path
         if platform.system() == 'Windows':
@@ -526,8 +539,11 @@ def clone_current_environment(
                 update_callback(
                     "Falling back to standard venv for cloning environment\n"
                 )
-
-            venv.create(env_path, with_pip=True, symlinks=False)
+            try:
+                venv.create(env_path, with_pip=True, symlinks=True)
+            except Exception:
+                # Fallback to symlinks=False if symlinks=True fails
+                venv.create(env_path, with_pip=True, symlinks=False)
 
             # Get python/pip path
             if platform.system() == 'Windows':

docs/conf.py

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 project = 'CAMEL'
 copyright = '2024, CAMEL-AI.org'
 author = 'CAMEL-AI.org'
-release = '0.2.83a0'
+release = '0.2.83a1'
 
 html_favicon = (
     'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/camel-ai/camel/master/misc/favicon.png'

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "camel-ai"
-version = "0.2.83a0"
+version = "0.2.83a1"
 description = "Communicative Agents for AI Society Study"
 authors = [{ name = "CAMEL-AI.org" }]
 requires-python = ">=3.10,<3.15"