How do I run Whisper on a Raspberry Pi 4B?

[abraha2]

Hi, I am a Raspberry Pi user, running the official Raspberry Pi OS.
I want to run whisper on my Raspberry Pi 4B, but when I try to install it via pip and pip3, it errors out, saying there are "Conflicting dependencies."
This is the command I used:
pip3 install openai-whisper
And
pip install openai-whisper
They both errored out the same way.
I have done a little research on how to fix this general error, but none of the fixes provided are for anything near to the error I was getting.
Could you please tell me how I might fix this?
Thanks in advance!

[jongwook]

I think it's likely related to pytorch installation. Can you run import torch without problem?

You can save a file that contains more detailed logs by running: pip install openai-whisper --log pip.log, and the content of pip.log should contain more clues.

[abraha2]

Well, there we go!
Torch did not pass the import test.
Does this mean that I have to reinstall/fix torch, before whisper will run?

[jongwook]

Yes, Whisper will need torch installed, and it appears that the pip command isn't doing a good job installing the correct packages for Raspberry Pi. I think I had a better luck with miniconda. this guide seems to be relevant, although you'll probably need to replace the download URL with:

wget https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-aarch64.sh

if you're using the 64-bit version (aarch64) of the OS, and the 32-bit version of miniconda (armv7l) is too old (2015) at this point. You can check your OS's architecture by running:

uname -m

[abraha2]

I am running the 32 bit version, does this mean I can follow the guide step-by-step?

[solarsamuel]

The easiest for Raspberry Pi 4B is to install the C++ version of whisper (not the python version).

Install video is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caaKhWcfcCY

[ghost]

Hello, can Raspberry Pi 5 run Whisper (Python version)?

[unitydevelopers-greg]

yes

[samair]

Yes, it works on raspberry pi 5 without any issues.