How To Install sphinxtrain on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install sphinxtrain on Ubuntu 18.04. sphinxtrain is Speech recognition tool - training tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sphinxtrain on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is sphinxtrain

sphinxtrain is:

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

This package contains the training tool

There are three methods to install sphinxtrain 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 sphinxtrain Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sphinxtrain

Install sphinxtrain Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install sphinxtrain

Install sphinxtrain 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 sphinxtrain using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sphinxtrain

How To Uninstall sphinxtrain on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove sphinxtrain

Uninstall sphinxtrain And Its Dependencies

To uninstall sphinxtrain and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sphinxtrain

Remove sphinxtrain Configurations and Data

To remove sphinxtrain configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sphinxtrain

Remove sphinxtrain configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sphinxtrain

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sphinxtrain package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.