How To Install swig-pocketsphinx on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install swig-pocketsphinx on Kali Linux.

What is swig-pocketsphinx

swig-pocketsphinx is:

CMU Sphinx is a large vocabulary, speaker-independent continuous speech
recognition engine.

This package contains swig helpers for building pocketsphinx-related swig
bindings.

There are three methods to install swig-pocketsphinx on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install swig-pocketsphinx Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install swig-pocketsphinx using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install swig-pocketsphinx

Install swig-pocketsphinx Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install swig-pocketsphinx using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install swig-pocketsphinx

Install swig-pocketsphinx Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install swig-pocketsphinx using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install swig-pocketsphinx

How To Uninstall swig-pocketsphinx on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the swig-pocketsphinx package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove swig-pocketsphinx

Uninstall swig-pocketsphinx And Its Dependencies

To uninstall swig-pocketsphinx and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove swig-pocketsphinx

Remove swig-pocketsphinx Configurations and Data

To remove swig-pocketsphinx configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge swig-pocketsphinx

Remove swig-pocketsphinx configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove swig-pocketsphinx configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge swig-pocketsphinx

Dependencies

swig-pocketsphinx have the following dependencies:

References

• swig-pocketsphinx website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install swig-pocketsphinx package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.