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Install

Snap

Get it from the Snap Store

When using the snape make sure to plug all the connection or the microphone won't be found. List all connections with:

snap connections bark-monitor

connect them with:

sudo snap connect bark-monitor:XXX

This should connect them all:

sudo snap connect bark-monitor:alsa
sudo snap connect bark-monitor:pulseaudio
sudo snap connect bark-monitor:audio-record

Pypi

Get from pypi with pip install bark-monitor.

TensorFlow is an optional extra (it is huge, and not needed to import the package): both bark-monitor and bark-monitor-lite need it to record. Install it with:

bash pip install "bark-monitor[tf]"

The snap ships with TensorFlow included.

Manual install

The bark monitor relies on pyaudio and portaudio. Start by installing gcc/g++ and portaudio. On Ubuntu:

sudo apt install build-essential
sudo apt install portaudio19-dev
sudo apt install libolm-dev

Install using UV on python 3.12. Run in the root folder:

uv sync --all-extras

--all-extras includes TensorFlow; without it the installation works but the recorders cannot run (see PyPI above). For development, uv sync --all-extras --dev also installs the test and documentation dependencies. ```