How To Install pocketsphinx on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pocketsphinx on Fedora 34.
What is pocketsphinx
PocketSphinx is a version of the open-source Sphinx-II speech recognition system which is able to recognize speech in real-time. While it may be somewhat less accurate than the offline speech recognizers, it is lightweight enough to run on handheld and embedded devices.
We can use yum or dnf to install pocketsphinx on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pocketsphinx.
Install pocketsphinx on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install pocketsphinx using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install pocketsphinx
Install pocketsphinx on Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install pocketsphinx using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install pocketsphinx
How To Uninstall pocketsphinx on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the pocketsphinx package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove pocketsphinx
pocketsphinx Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/pocketsphinx_batch
/usr/bin/pocketsphinx_continuous
/usr/bin/pocketsphinx_mdef_convert
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/65
/usr/lib/.build-id/65/89148c32ac7aab8ce8a0243ffcd556bec1b698
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4/6ea705a8047ab39de46ac2d510955aad654179
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed/94221f80f6c25cf4eab0e9ebffef1fc4464e69
/usr/share/man/man1/pocketsphinx_batch.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pocketsphinx_continuous.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pocketsphinx_mdef_convert.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pocketsphinx on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.
