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+import subprocess
+import sys
+import os
+import time
+from pathlib import Path
+
+def install_libraries_with_retry(max_retries=3, delay=3):
+    libraries = [
+        "certifi==2024.7.4",
+        "charset-normalizer==3.3.2",
+        "colorama==0.4.6",
+        "ctranslate2==4.3.1",
+        "filelock==3.15.4",
+        "fsspec==2024.5.0",
+        "huggingface-hub==0.24.1",
+        "idna==3.7",
+        "jinja2==3.1.4",
+        "llvmlite==0.43.0",
+        "markdown-it-py==3.0.0",
+        "MarkupSafe==2.1.5",
+        "mdurl==0.1.2",
+        "more-itertools==10.3.0",
+        "mpmath==1.3.0",
+        "networkx==3.3",
+        "numba==0.60.0",
+        "numpy==1.26.4",
+        "openai-whisper==20231117",
+        "packaging==24.1",
+        "platformdirs==4.2.2",
+        "psutil==6.0.0",
+        "pygments==2.18.0",
+        "pyyaml==6.0.1",
+        "regex==2024.5.15",
+        "requests==2.32.3",
+        "rich==13.7.1",
+        "safetensors==0.4.3",
+        "sympy==1.12.1",
+        "tiktoken==0.7.0",
+        "https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu/torch-2.2.2%2Bcpu-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl#sha256=88e63c916e3275fa30a220ee736423a95573b96072ded85e5c0171fd8f37a755",
+        "tokenizers==0.19.1",
+        "tqdm==4.66.4",
+        "typing-extensions==4.12.2",
+        "typing_extensions==4.12.2",
+        "urllib3==2.2.2",
+        'git+https://github.com/shashikg/WhisperS2T.git@e7f7e6dbfdc7f3a39454feb9dd262fd3653add8c#egg=whisper_s2t'
+    ]
+
+    failed_installations = []
+    multiple_attempts = []
+
+    for library in libraries:
+        for attempt in range(max_retries):
+            try:
+                print(f"\nAttempt {attempt + 1} of {max_retries}: Installing {library}")
+                command = [sys.executable, "-m", "uv", "pip", "install", library, "--no-deps", "--no-cache-dir"]
+                subprocess.run(command, check=True, capture_output=True, text=True)
+                print(f"Successfully installed {library}")
+                if attempt > 0:
+                    multiple_attempts.append((library, attempt + 1))
+                break
+            except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+                print(f"Attempt {attempt + 1} failed. Error: {e.stderr.strip()}")
+                if attempt < max_retries - 1:
+                    print(f"Retrying in {delay} seconds...")
+                    time.sleep(delay)
+                else:
+                    print(f"Failed to install {library} after {max_retries} attempts.")
+                    failed_installations.append(library)
+
+    print("\n--- Installation Summary ---")
+    if failed_installations:
+        print("\nThe following libraries failed to install:")
+        for lib in failed_installations:
+            print(f"- {lib}")
+    
+    if multiple_attempts:
+        print("\nThe following libraries required multiple attempts to install:")
+        for lib, attempts in multiple_attempts:
+            print(f"- {lib} (took {attempts} attempts)")
+    
+    if not failed_installations and not multiple_attempts:
+        print("\nAll libraries installed successfully on the first attempt.")
+    elif not failed_installations:
+        print("\nAll libraries were eventually installed successfully.")
+
+    return failed_installations, multiple_attempts
+
+def main():
+    start_time = time.time()
+    
+    # install uv
+    print("\033[92mInstalling uv:\033[0m")
+    subprocess.run(["pip", "install", "uv"], check=True)
+
+    # install pyside6
+    print("\033[92mInstalling PySide6:\033[0m")
+    subprocess.run(["uv", "pip", "install", "pyside6", "--no-cache-dir", "--link-mode=copy"], check=True)
+    
+    # Upgrade pip, setuptools, and wheel using uv
+    print("\033[92mUpgrading pip, setuptools, and wheel:\033[0m")
+    subprocess.run(f"{sys.executable} -m uv pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel", shell=True, check=True)
+    
+    # install other libraries
+    print("\033[92mInstalling dependencies:\033[0m")
+    failed, multiple = install_libraries_with_retry()
+    
+    if not failed:
+        print("\033[92mInstallation was successful! The program is ready to use.")
+        print(f"To run it, enter the command: python ct2_main.py\033[0m")
+    else:
+        print("\033[91mInstallation encountered some issues. Please review the installation summary above.\033[0m")
+
+    end_time = time.time()
+    total_time = end_time - start_time
+    hours, rem = divmod(total_time, 3600)
+    minutes, seconds = divmod(rem, 60)
+
+    print(f"\033[92m\nTotal installation time: {int(hours):02d}:{int(minutes):02d}:{seconds:05.2f}\033[0m")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
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