Assistance installing Faster-Whisper

[Bridger Reed-Lewis]

I am running this on Arch, and i keep getting this error:

*externally-managed-environment*















*× This environment is externally managed╰─> To install Python packages
system-wide, try 'pacman -S    python-xyz', where xyz is the package you
are trying to    install.        If you wish to install a non-Arch-packaged
Python package,    create a virtual environment using 'python -m venv
path/to/venv'.    Then use path/to/venv/bin/python and
path/to/venv/bin/pip.        If you wish to install a non-Arch packaged
Python application,    it may be easiest to use 'pipx install xyz', which
will manage a    virtual environment for you. Make sure you have
python-pipx    installed via pacman.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.*
*hint: See PEP 668 for the detailed specification.*

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.

On Fri, Jun 13, 2025 at 12:18 AM Benson Muite <benson_muite at emailplus.org>
wrote:

>
> On Fri, Jun 13, 2025, at 10:34 AM, Bridger Reed-Lewis wrote:
> > I am wondering if the community would help me install faster-whisper,
> which
> > will be the back end for the dictation tool I need. Shervin mentioned
> > having custom code to make it similar to what Mac OS offers for its
> users.
> > My laptop came in way way earlier than I thought it would,  I'm ready to
> > jump all into the system.
>
> It seems to be available on PyPI
> https://pypi.org/project/faster-whisper/
>
>
> Python packages on PyPI can usually be installed with pip, so
> pip install faster-whisper
> should work, though may not integrate very well with your system.
>
> Generally, this is for discussing KDE applications, you may want to join
> channels for discussing Arch linux as well as to get specific installation
> advice.
> You might also want to examine Arch derivatives such as Manjaro:
> https://manjaro.org
> and Garuda:
> https://garudalinux.org/editions
>
> Is there a KDE application that will integrate with faster-whisper?
>
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