<div dir="auto"><div><div>Hi Benson,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I'll help you install faster-whisper and also my script so it sends keyboard presses instead of displaying characters in a console. But it will take many steps, so let's take the discussion elsewhere. Email me privately and we can discuss.</div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Cheers,<br>Shervin.<br><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 13 June 2025, 6:48 pm Bridger Reed-Lewis, <<a href="mailto:bridgerreedlewis@gmail.com">bridgerreedlewis@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I am going to try the script again, and i will get back to everyone with a update.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jun 13, 2025 at 12:40 AM Bridger Reed-Lewis <<a href="mailto:bridgerreedlewis@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">bridgerreedlewis@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>I got it installed now, i had to run the install in a virtual environment it's what chatgpt recommended. </div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jun 13, 2025 at 12:36 AM Bridger Reed-Lewis <<a href="mailto:bridgerreedlewis@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">bridgerreedlewis@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>I am running this on Arch, and i keep getting this error: </div><div><br></div><div><b>externally-managed-environment</b></div><b><br>× This environment is externally managed<br>╰─> To install Python packages system-wide, try 'pacman -S<br> python-xyz', where xyz is the package you are trying to<br> install.<br> <br> If you wish to install a non-Arch-packaged Python package,<br> create a virtual environment using 'python -m venv path/to/venv'.<br> Then use path/to/venv/bin/python and path/to/venv/bin/pip.<br> <br> If you wish to install a non-Arch packaged Python application,<br> it may be easiest to use 'pipx install xyz', which will manage a<br> virtual environment for you. Make sure you have python-pipx<br> installed via pacman.<br><br>note: If you believe this is a mistake, please contact your Python installation or OS distribution provider. You can override this, at the risk of breaking your Python installation or OS, by passing --break-system-packages.</b><br><div><b>hint: See PEP 668 for the detailed specification.</b></div><div><br></div><div>I ran the override, and it kept installing in a folder that didn't exist, even trying to open it in the terminal. Ended up uninstalling it, weirdly enough I tried to install it on an older laptop and got as far as executing the python script they had us make, ran it and the program froze. </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jun 13, 2025 at 12:18 AM Benson Muite <<a href="mailto:benson_muite@emailplus.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">benson_muite@emailplus.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
On Fri, Jun 13, 2025, at 10:34 AM, Bridger Reed-Lewis wrote:<br>
> I am wondering if the community would help me install faster-whisper, which<br>
> will be the back end for the dictation tool I need. Shervin mentioned<br>
> having custom code to make it similar to what Mac OS offers for its users.<br>
> My laptop came in way way earlier than I thought it would, I'm ready to<br>
> jump all into the system.<br>
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It seems to be available on PyPI<br>
<a href="https://pypi.org/project/faster-whisper/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://pypi.org/project/faster-whisper/</a><br>
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Python packages on PyPI can usually be installed with pip, so<br>
pip install faster-whisper<br>
should work, though may not integrate very well with your system.<br>
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Generally, this is for discussing KDE applications, you may want to join<br>
channels for discussing Arch linux as well as to get specific installation advice.<br>
You might also want to examine Arch derivatives such as Manjaro:<br>
<a href="https://manjaro.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://manjaro.org</a><br>
and Garuda:<br>
<a href="https://garudalinux.org/editions" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://garudalinux.org/editions</a><br>
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Is there a KDE application that will integrate with faster-whisper?<br>
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