How To Install gstreamer1.0-pocketsphinx on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer1.0-pocketsphinx on Debian 9. gstreamer1.0-pocketsphinx is Speech recognition tool - gstreamer plugin

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer1.0-pocketsphinx on Debian 9.

What is gstreamer1.0-pocketsphinx

gstreamer1.0-pocketsphinx is:

CMU Sphinx is a large vocabulary, speaker-independent continuous speech recognition engine.

This package contains the gstreamer plugin

There are three methods to install gstreamer1.0-pocketsphinx on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gstreamer1.0-pocketsphinx Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gstreamer1.0-pocketsphinx using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gstreamer1.0-pocketsphinx

Install gstreamer1.0-pocketsphinx Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gstreamer1.0-pocketsphinx using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gstreamer1.0-pocketsphinx

Install gstreamer1.0-pocketsphinx Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install gstreamer1.0-pocketsphinx using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gstreamer1.0-pocketsphinx

How To Uninstall gstreamer1.0-pocketsphinx on Debian 9

To uninstall only the gstreamer1.0-pocketsphinx package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gstreamer1.0-pocketsphinx

Uninstall gstreamer1.0-pocketsphinx And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gstreamer1.0-pocketsphinx and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gstreamer1.0-pocketsphinx

Remove gstreamer1.0-pocketsphinx Configurations and Data

To remove gstreamer1.0-pocketsphinx configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gstreamer1.0-pocketsphinx

Remove gstreamer1.0-pocketsphinx configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gstreamer1.0-pocketsphinx configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gstreamer1.0-pocketsphinx

Dependencies

gstreamer1.0-pocketsphinx have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer1.0-pocketsphinx package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.