How To Install libpocketsphinx-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpocketsphinx-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libpocketsphinx-dev
libpocketsphinx-dev is:
CMU Sphinx is a large vocabulary, speaker-independent continuous speech recognition engine.
This package contains header files and static libraries for devloping programs that use the Pocket Shinx frontend.
There are three methods to install libpocketsphinx-dev 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 libpocketsphinx-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpocketsphinx-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpocketsphinx-dev
Install libpocketsphinx-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpocketsphinx-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpocketsphinx-dev
Install libpocketsphinx-dev 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 libpocketsphinx-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpocketsphinx-dev
How To Uninstall libpocketsphinx-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libpocketsphinx-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpocketsphinx-dev
Uninstall libpocketsphinx-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpocketsphinx-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpocketsphinx-dev
Remove libpocketsphinx-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libpocketsphinx-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpocketsphinx-dev
Remove libpocketsphinx-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpocketsphinx-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpocketsphinx-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpocketsphinx-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
