How To Install libpocketsphinx3 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpocketsphinx3 on Kali Linux.

What is libpocketsphinx3

libpocketsphinx3 is:

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

This package contains the frontend shared library

There are three methods to install libpocketsphinx3 on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libpocketsphinx3 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libpocketsphinx3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpocketsphinx3

Install libpocketsphinx3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpocketsphinx3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpocketsphinx3

Install libpocketsphinx3 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libpocketsphinx3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpocketsphinx3

How To Uninstall libpocketsphinx3 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libpocketsphinx3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpocketsphinx3

Uninstall libpocketsphinx3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpocketsphinx3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpocketsphinx3

Remove libpocketsphinx3 Configurations and Data

To remove libpocketsphinx3 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpocketsphinx3

Remove libpocketsphinx3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpocketsphinx3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpocketsphinx3

Dependencies

libpocketsphinx3 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libsphinxbase3

References

• libpocketsphinx3 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpocketsphinx3 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.