How To Install python-pocketsphinx on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pocketsphinx on Debian 9. python-pocketsphinx is Speech recognition tool - python bindings

Introduction

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

What is python-pocketsphinx

python-pocketsphinx is:

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

This package contains python bindings for libpocketsphinx.

There are three methods to install python-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 python-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 python-pocketsphinx using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-pocketsphinx

Install python-pocketsphinx Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-pocketsphinx

Install python-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 python-pocketsphinx using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-pocketsphinx

How To Uninstall python-pocketsphinx on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-pocketsphinx

Uninstall python-pocketsphinx And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pocketsphinx

Remove python-pocketsphinx Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-pocketsphinx

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-pocketsphinx have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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