whisper.cpp on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "whisper.cpp" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install whisper.cpp on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S whisper.cpp

* (Optional) Uninstall whisper.cpp on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns whisper.cpp

2. Manually Install "whisper.cpp" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone whisper.cpp's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/whisper.cpp.git ~/whisper.cpp

c. Go to ~/whisper.cpp folder and install it

$ cd ~/whisper.cpp $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the whisper.cpp package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1389358
Name: whisper.cpp
PackageBaseID: 191319
PackageBase: whisper.cpp
Version: 1.5.4-1
Description: Port of OpenAI's Whisper model in C/C++
URL: https://github.com/ggerganov/whisper.cpp
NumVotes: 7
Popularity: 0.811466
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: robertfoster
Submitter: robertfoster
FirstSubmitted: 1678469553
LastModified: 1705781828
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/whisper.cpp.tar.gz