How To Install pocketsphinx-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install pocketsphinx-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. pocketsphinx-doc is Speech recognition tool (documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pocketsphinx-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is pocketsphinx-doc

pocketsphinx-doc is:

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

This package contains the documentation.

There are three methods to install pocketsphinx-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install pocketsphinx-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pocketsphinx-doc

Install pocketsphinx-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pocketsphinx-doc

Install pocketsphinx-doc 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install pocketsphinx-doc

How To Uninstall pocketsphinx-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the pocketsphinx-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pocketsphinx-doc

Uninstall pocketsphinx-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pocketsphinx-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pocketsphinx-doc

Remove pocketsphinx-doc Configurations and Data

To remove pocketsphinx-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pocketsphinx-doc

Remove pocketsphinx-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pocketsphinx-doc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pocketsphinx-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.