I'm am trying to build my own voice assistant, but the only problem I have run into so far is installing pocketsphinx. I need to use it on python3, but
sudo pip3 install pocketsphinx
and
pip3 install --upgrade pocketsphinx
don't work. I am doing this on a raspberry pi3b+ if that makes any difference. I also tried
git clone --recursive https://github.com/cmusphinx/pocketsphinx-python/
cd pocketsphinx-python
python setup.py install
But I got this:
running install
error: can't create or remove files in install directory
The following error occurred while trying to add or remove files in the
installation directory:
[Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/test-easy-install-1601.write-test'
The installation directory you specified (via --install-dir, --prefix, or
the distutils default setting) was:
/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/
Perhaps your account does not have write access to this directory? If the
installation directory is a system-owned directory, you may need to sign in
as the administrator or "root" account. If you do not have administrative
access to this machine, you may wish to choose a different installation
directory, preferably one that is listed in your PYTHONPATH environment
variable.
For information on other options, you may wish to consult the
documentation at:
https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/easy_install.html
Please make the appropriate changes for your system and try again.
Please help if you can.
I found some commands that worked for installation:
sudo apt-get install swig libpulse-dev bison libasound2-dev alsa-utils gcc
sudo pip3 install pocketsphinx
I hope it helps anyone with the same problem.