Assistance installing Faster-Whisper

[Bridger Reed-Lewis]

I am going to try the script again, and i will get back to everyone with a
update.

On Fri, Jun 13, 2025 at 12:40 AM Bridger Reed-Lewis <
bridgerreedlewis at gmail.com> wrote:

> I got it installed now, i had to run the install in a virtual environment
> it's what chatgpt recommended.
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> On Fri, Jun 13, 2025 at 12:36 AM Bridger Reed-Lewis <
> bridgerreedlewis at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I am running this on Arch, and i keep getting this error:
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>> *× 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.*
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>> 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.
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>> On Fri, Jun 13, 2025 at 12:18 AM Benson Muite <benson_muite at emailplus.org>
>> wrote:
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>>> 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.
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>>> It seems to be available on PyPI
>>> https://pypi.org/project/faster-whisper/
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>>> 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.
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>>> 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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