whisper.cpp on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 24,2024

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

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


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install whisper.cpp on Arch using YAY


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


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                whisper.cpp
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "whisper.cpp" via AUR

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


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone whisper.cpp's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/whisper.cpp.git 
            
                        
                ~/whisper.cpp
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/whisper.cpp folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/whisper.cpp
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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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