Assistance installing Faster-Whisper

[Bridger Reed-Lewis]

Okay send the email to you shervin

On Fri, Jun 13, 2025 at 9:31 AM Benson Muite <benson_muite at emailplus.org>
wrote:

> Hi Shervin,
>
> On Fri, Jun 13, 2025, at 3:25 PM, Shervin Emami wrote:
> > 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.
> >
>
> Thanks. Do not need assistance, though Bridger may appreciate it.
>
> > 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.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> 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:
> >>>>
> >>>> *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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