Installing pocketsphinx python module: command 'swig.exe' failed

Question

I\'m getting something like this. Can anyone please tell me how to fix this.

C:\\Users\\krush\\Documents\\ML using Python>pip install pocketsphinx
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Answer 1

You try to install pocketsphinx with pip, that will download and compile this module. It requires some compiling tool like swig.

Another solution is to install a binary version of pocketsphinx. You can download a binary version here. You have to select the correct version with respect to your installation.

To determine which one you have to download, you can run the following commands, that will tell you which version you require and whether you run a 32 or 64 bit python interpreter.

"C:\Users\krush\Anaconda3\python.exe" --version
"C:\Users\krush\Anaconda3\python.exe" -c "import struct;print(struct.calcsize('P') * 8)"

Below are some commands that you may enter once you have downloaded the correct version

"C:\Users\krush\Anaconda3\python.exe" -m pip install pocketsphinx‑0.1.3‑cp35‑cp35m‑win32.whl
"C:\Users\krush\Anaconda3\python.exe" -m pip install pocketsphinx‑0.1.3‑cp36‑cp36m‑win_amd64.whl