Assistance installing Faster-Whisper

[Shervin Emami]

Hi Benson,

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.

Cheers,
Shervin.


On Fri, 13 June 2025, 6:48 pm Bridger Reed-Lewis, <
bridgerreedlewis at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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:
>>
>>> I am running this on Arch, and i keep getting this error:
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>>> *externally-managed-environment*
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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.*
>>>
>>> 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:
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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.
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> 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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