Taking forever to install kaldifeat

[huangruizhe]

Hello, I am trying to install kaldifeat following the instructions in the doc, with this command:
pip install --verbose kaldifeat

It's been ~8 hours now but it seems the program got stuck at this place:

I was wondering if this is normal or if perhaps I should ask for some help now. Thank you!

[csukuangfj]

Could you press ctrl + c and see whether there are any more logs?

It is not normal that it would take so long to install.

[huangruizhe]

Thanks, and here is the result:

[csukuangfj]

Could you use

git clone https://github.com/csukuangfj/kaldifeat/
cd kaldifeat
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make -j
export PYTHONPATH=$PWD/../kaldifeat/python:$PWD/lib:$PYTHONPATH

cd $HOME
python3 -c "import kaldifeat; print(kaldifeat.__file__)"

[huangruizhe]

Thanks for the detailed instructions! I will try now.

[huangruizhe]

After a while, it got stuck at the same place again (maybe 20+ minutes now):

Is it related to some failed tests as shown on the screenshot?

[csukuangfj]

I guess it probably has something with your NFS.

Could you try https://csukuangfj.github.io/kaldifeat/installation.html#install-kaldifeat-from-conda-only-for-linux
to instal kaldifeat using conda install.

I have no idea about how to fix your issue.

[huangruizhe]

Ok, I see. I tried installing it with conda earlier, but conda is very slow in figuring out package dependencies.. Then I tried pip, and installing from src as you suggested.
I will ask others if they have successfully installed kaldifeat on our system. Will update you if there is a solution.

[csukuangfj]

conda is very slow in figuring out package dependencies

That should not be the case. There might be something wrong with your system.

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Then I tried pip,

That is also installing from source.

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I will ask others if they have successfully installed kaldifeat on our system.

Yes, that is a good idea.

[pzelasko]

If conda is too slow, you can try mamba, it is the same as conda, but resolves dependencies much faster.

https://mamba.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html

[huangruizhe]

Thanks, @csukuangfj and @pzelasko for the suggestions!
Finally, it turns out it is the problem of the system. It is very "lucky" that the node that I usually ssh to has something wrong. I couldn't even install mamba or a new conda -- which takes a forever long time too.
When I ssh to another node, the problem is resolved. I can now install kaldifeat with conda.
It is also a good time to try mamba.

[csukuangfj]

Nice to hear that you fix it.