Install this version:
emerge -a =sci-misc/whisper-cpp-1.9.5
# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
EAPI=8
PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{12..15} )
inherit cmake cuda python-any-r1 toolchain-funcs
if [[ ${PV} = *9999* ]]; then
inherit git-r3
EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp.git"
WHISPER_BUILD_IS_DEV=ON
else
SRC_URI="https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
KEYWORDS="amd64 ~arm64"
# the tarball extracts to whisper.cpp-${PV}, not ${P}
S="${WORKDIR}/whisper.cpp-${PV}"
WHISPER_BUILD_IS_DEV=OFF
fi
DESCRIPTION="Port of OpenAI's Whisper speech recognition to plain C/C++"
HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp"
LICENSE="MIT"
SLOT="0"
LIBABU="1"
# GGML CPU flags
X86_CPU_FLAGS=(
amx_bf16
amx_int8
amx_tile
avx
avx2
avx512_bf16
avx512_vnni
avx512f
avx512vbmi
avx_vnni
bmi2
f16c
fma3
sse4_2
)
CPU_FLAGS=( "${X86_CPU_FLAGS[@]/#/cpu_flags_x86_}" )
# ffmpeg: link examples against FFmpeg to decode more audio formats (WHISPER_COMMON_FFMPEG)
# sdl: build the SDL2-based examples whisper-stream, whisper-command, whisper-lsp, wchess (WHISPER_SDL2)
IUSE="cuda ffmpeg openblas opencl +openmp rpc sdl system-ggml vulkan ${CPU_FLAGS[*]}"
unset X86_CPU_FLAGS CPU_FLAGS
# with system-ggml the backend flags are mapped onto sci-ml/ggml's own
# USE flags, and the bundled-build dependencies are dropped
COMMON_DEPEND="
ffmpeg? ( media-video/ffmpeg )
sdl? ( >=media-libs/libsdl2-2.0 )
system-ggml? ( >=sci-ml/ggml-0.26:=[cuda?,openblas?,opencl?,openmp?,rpc?,vulkan?] )
!system-ggml? (
cuda? ( dev-util/nvidia-cuda-toolkit:= )
openblas? ( sci-libs/openblas:= )
opencl? ( dev-libs/opencl-icd-loader )
openmp? ( llvm-runtimes/openmp:= )
vulkan? ( media-libs/vulkan-loader )
)
"
DEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
!system-ggml? (
opencl? ( dev-util/opencl-headers )
vulkan? (
dev-util/spirv-headers
dev-util/vulkan-headers
)
)
"
RDEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}"
BDEPEND="
!system-ggml? (
openblas? ( dev-util/pkgconf )
opencl? ( ${PYTHON_DEPS} )
vulkan? (
dev-util/spirv-headers
dev-util/vulkan-headers
media-libs/shaderc
)
)
"
DOCS=( AUTHORS CONTRIBUTING.md README.md )
pkg_pretend() {
[[ ${MERGE_TYPE} != binary ]] && use openmp && tc-check-openmp
}
pkg_setup() {
[[ ${MERGE_TYPE} != binary ]] && use openmp && tc-check-openmp
}
src_prepare() {
default
cmake_src_prepare
# examples/talk-llama FetchContents llama.cpp v0.6.0 from github at
# build time, which we do not want in a portage build
eapply "${FILESDIR}"/0001-examples-drop-talk-llama.patch
}
src_configure() {
local mycmakeargs=(
# do not report the version as "-dev" when building a release
-DWHISPER_BUILD_IS_DEV=${WHISPER_BUILD_IS_DEV}
-DWHISPER_BUILD_EXAMPLES=ON
-DWHISPER_BUILD_TESTS=ON
-DWHISPER_COMMON_FFMPEG=$(usex ffmpeg)
-DWHISPER_SDL2=$(usex sdl)
-DWHISPER_USE_SYSTEM_GGML=$(usex system-ggml)
)
if ! use system-ggml; then
# build the bundled ggml for the declared ISA extensions, not
# -march=native; with system-ggml the CPU ISA set and the backends
# are selected by sci-ml/ggml's own USE flags
mycmakeargs+=(
-DGGML_NATIVE=OFF
-DGGML_LTO="$(tc-is-lto && echo ON || echo OFF)"
-DGGML_OPENMP=$(usex openmp)
-DGGML_CUDA=$(usex cuda)
-DGGML_OPENCL=$(usex opencl)
-DGGML_RPC=$(usex rpc)
-DGGML_VULKAN=$(usex vulkan)
# CPU ISA flags
-DGGML_SSE42=$(usex cpu_flags_x86_sse4_2)
-DGGML_AVX=$(usex cpu_flags_x86_avx)
-DGGML_AVX_VNNI=$(usex cpu_flags_x86_avx_vnni)
-DGGML_AVX2=$(usex cpu_flags_x86_avx2)
-DGGML_BMI2=$(usex cpu_flags_x86_bmi2)
-DGGML_AVX512=$(usex cpu_flags_x86_avx512f)
-DGGML_AVX512_VBMI=$(usex cpu_flags_x86_avx512vbmi)
-DGGML_AVX512_VNNI=$(usex cpu_flags_x86_avx512_vnni)
-DGGML_AVX512_BF16=$(usex cpu_flags_x86_avx512_bf16)
-DGGML_FMA=$(usex cpu_flags_x86_fma3)
-DGGML_F16C=$(usex cpu_flags_x86_f16c)
-DGGML_AMX_TILE=$(usex cpu_flags_x86_amx_tile)
-DGGML_AMX_INT8=$(usex cpu_flags_x86_amx_int8)
-DGGML_AMX_BF16=$(usex cpu_flags_x86_amx_bf16)
)
if use openblas; then
mycmakeargs+=( -DGGML_BLAS=ON -DGGML_BLAS_VENDOR=OpenBLAS )
fi
if use cuda; then
local -x CUDAHOSTCXX="$(cuda_gccdir)"
cuda_add_sandbox
addpredict "/dev/char/"
fi
fi
cmake_src_configure
}
src_test() {
ctest -L gh --output-on-failure
}
Manage flags for this package:
euse -i <flag> -p sci-misc/whisper-cpp |
euse -E <flag> -p sci-misc/whisper-cpp |
euse -D <flag> -p sci-misc/whisper-cpp
ffmpeg? ( media-video/ffmpeg ) sdl? ( >=media-libs/libsdl2-2.0 ) system-ggml? ( >=sci-ml/ggml-0.26:=[cuda?,openblas?,opencl?,openmp?,rpc?,vulkan?] ) !system-ggml? ( cuda? ( dev-util/nvidia-cuda-toolkit:= ) openblas? ( sci-libs/openblas:= ) opencl? ( dev-libs/opencl-icd-loader ) openmp? ( llvm-runtimes/openmp:= ) vulkan? ( media-libs/vulkan-loader ) ) !system-ggml? ( opencl? ( dev-util/opencl-headers ) vulkan? ( dev-util/spirv-headers dev-util/vulkan-headers ) )
ffmpeg? ( media-video/ffmpeg ) sdl? ( >=media-libs/libsdl2-2.0 ) system-ggml? ( >=sci-ml/ggml-0.26:=[cuda?,openblas?,opencl?,openmp?,rpc?,vulkan?] ) !system-ggml? ( cuda? ( dev-util/nvidia-cuda-toolkit:= ) openblas? ( sci-libs/openblas:= ) opencl? ( dev-libs/opencl-icd-loader ) openmp? ( llvm-runtimes/openmp:= ) vulkan? ( media-libs/vulkan-loader ) )
!system-ggml? ( openblas? ( dev-util/pkgconf ) opencl? ( ) vulkan? ( dev-util/spirv-headers dev-util/vulkan-headers media-libs/shaderc ) )
| Type | File | Size | Source URLs |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIST | whisper-cpp-1.9.5.tar.gz | 9626464 bytes | https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/archive/refs/tags/v1.9.5.tar.gz |