How To Install python-pocketsphinx on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pocketsphinx on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pocketsphinx package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
