How To Install pocketsphinx on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install pocketsphinx on Ubuntu 22.04. pocketsphinx is Speech recognition tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pocketsphinx on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is pocketsphinx

pocketsphinx is:

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

This package contains end-user speech recognition tools.

There are three methods to install pocketsphinx on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install 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 pocketsphinx using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install pocketsphinx

Install pocketsphinx Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pocketsphinx

Install 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 pocketsphinx using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pocketsphinx

How To Uninstall pocketsphinx on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove pocketsphinx

Uninstall pocketsphinx And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pocketsphinx and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pocketsphinx

Remove pocketsphinx Configurations and Data

To remove pocketsphinx configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pocketsphinx

Remove pocketsphinx configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pocketsphinx

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pocketsphinx package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.