Assistance installing Faster-Whisper

[Shervin Emami]

Sorry Bridger and Benson that I keep confusing you two 😅

But yes I'll help via separate email since I assume it will take many
messages back & forth before it's setup and those messages won't be
relevant to KDE.

Cheers,
Shervin.



On Sat, 14 June 2025, 7:09 am Bridger Reed-Lewis, <
bridgerreedlewis at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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