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.