Steps Install sphinxbase wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/cmusphinx/sphinxbase/0.8/sphinxbase-0.8.tar.gz tar -xvf sphinxbase-0.8.tar.gz cd sphinxbase-0.8 ./configure make sudo make install Install pocketsphinx wget wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/cmusphinx/files/pocketsphinx/0.8/pocketsphinx-0.8.tar.gz tar -xvf pocketsphinx-0.8.tar.gz cd pocketsphinx-0.8 ./configure make sudo make install Set PYTHONPATH. In your home directory vi .bash_profile and add export PYTHONPATH=”/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages” And it’s ready.