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How to install whisper.cpp on Linux (ggml-org/whisper.cpp) · gitmanual

How to install on Linux

ggml-org/whisper.cpp

Port of OpenAI's Whisper model in C/C++

C/C++ (CMake)#inference#openai#speech-recognition#speech-to-text

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Will it work on my device?

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b4938 · 8/20/2026 ↗

whisper-bin-ubuntu-x64.tar.gz

tar.gz · x64 · 9.5 MB · 35,115 downloads · best match

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Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/releases/download/b4938/whisper-bin-ubuntu-x64.tar.gz"
tar -xzf "whisper-bin-ubuntu-x64.tar.gz"

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whisper-bin-ubuntu-arm64.tar.gz

tar.gz · ARM64 · 4.6 MB · 798 downloads

Download

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/releases/download/b4938/whisper-bin-ubuntu-arm64.tar.gz"
tar -xzf "whisper-bin-ubuntu-arm64.tar.gz"

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Parts list

1×C/C++ compiler runtime
1×CMake 3.5runtime
1×FFmpeg tool

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Good to know

Native projects often need extra system libraries. If the build stops with a missing package, check the maintainers' build guide (see Start here).
The README mentions NVIDIA CUDA. Check its hardware section: some features (or all of them) may need an NVIDIA GPU.
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