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riddle00

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From: Lithuania

Registered: 2015-05-26

Posts: 81

Non-AUR foreign package, install it from source or with ABS?

I would like to install this package on my system: https://github.com/petewarden/spchcat

It is not in the AUR. Is it true that the best way is to use ABS, and not try to install it from source? If yes, then the PKGBUILD I would create would only be for myself, or should I try to submit it to the AUR as well?

Thank you.

Last edited by riddle00 (2023-07-15 14:47:11)

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Trilby

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Re: Non-AUR foreign package, install it from source or with ABS?

The ABS is a means of getting the build files for packages already in the main repos - so that's not relevant here.

Just make a PKGBUILD and install with makepkg.  Whether or not you then submit that to the AUR is up to you.  It'd be good to post a draft of the PKGBUILD here before submitting.

I'd be happy to help (but not take a lead role in it) as I'd be interested in trying this.  Do you have any sense of (or data on) how this compares to openAI's Whisper?  Whisper is already in the AUR.

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riddle00

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From: Lithuania

Registered: 2015-05-26

Posts: 81

Re: Non-AUR foreign package, install it from source or with ABS?

Yeah, I could try to do it:) Do I post it in this thread afterwards?

About the Whisper - I'm not familiar with it, but just as I've started to look for alternatives, thank you for mentioning it. It also has Lithuanian language, which is what I need.
By the way, I've just tried Google's Speech-to-Text via Google Cloud, and the results for Lithuanian language were pretty bad. I guess I might be stuck with manual transcribing for some more years.

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Trilby

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Re: Non-AUR foreign package, install it from source or with ABS?

Yeah, I could try to do it:) Do I post it in this thread afterwards?

There's a sub-forum specifically for feedback on PKGBUILDs - though that's basically what this thread is now - so I'd suggest posting it in this thread and using the "report" to ask a moderator to move this to the appropriate sub-forum.

About the Whisper - I'm not familiar with it... I've just tried Google's Speech-to-Text via Google Cloud, and the results for Lithuanian language were pretty bad.

FYI: OpenAI's Whisper Model Crushes Google in AI Head-to-Head
But: Google's Speech Model, Performs Better than OpenAI Whisper

I guess it's hard to get impartial comparisons.

Last edited by Trilby (2023-07-15 17:05:17)

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riddle00

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From: Lithuania

Registered: 2015-05-26

Posts: 81

Re: Non-AUR foreign package, install it from source or with ABS?

There's a sub-forum specifically for feedback on PKGBUILDs - though that's basically what this thread is now - so I'd suggest posting it in this thread and using the "report" to ask a moderator to move this to the appropriate sub-forum.

Ok, I will do that.

Yes, I guess it is. Interesting readings either way, thank you.

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