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Kalliope installation

Prerequisites

Please follow the right link bellow to install requirements depending on your target environment:

Installation

Method 1 - User install using the PIP package

You can install kalliope on your system by using Pypi:

sudo pip install kalliope

Method 2 - Manual setup using sources

Clone the project:

git clone https://github.com/kalliope-project/kalliope.git
cd kalliope

Install the project:

sudo python setup.py install

Method 3 - Developer install using Virtualenv

Install the python-virtualenv package:

sudo apt-get install python-virtualenv

Clone the project:

git clone https://github.com/kalliope-project/kalliope.git
cd kalliope

Generate a local python environment:

virtualenv venv

Install the project using the local environment:

venv/bin/pip install --editable .

Activate the local environment:

source venv/bin/activate

Method 4 - Developer, dependencies install only

Clone the project:

git clone https://github.com/kalliope-project/kalliope.git
cd kalliope

Install the python dependencies directly:

sudo pip install -r install/files/python_requirements.txt

Test your env

To ensure that you can record your voice, run the following command to capture audio input from your microphone:

rec test.wav

Press CTRL-C after capturing a sample of your voice.

Then play the recorded audio file

mplayer test.wav

Your installation is now complete, let's take a look now to the quickstart documentation to learn how to use Kalliope.

Get a starter configuration

We create some starter configuration that only need to be downloaded and then started. Those repositories provide you a basic structure to start playing with kalliope. We recommend you to clone one of them and then go to the next section.

Next:

If everything is ok, you can start playing with Kalliope. First, take a look to the default settings.