How To Install emacspeak-ss on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install emacspeak-ss
on Debian 9.
What is emacspeak-ss
emacspeak-ss is:
emacspeak-ss is an interface between Emacspeak and any of several speech synthesizers: DoubleTalk PC version 5.20 or later (internal), DoubleTalk LT version 4.20 or later (serial port version), LiteTalk version 4.20 or later, Braille ’n Speak, Type ’n Speak, Braille Lite, Apollo 2 from Dolphin, or Accent SA. If you have a DoubleTalk PC, you also need the dtlk device driver - either the module or compiled into your kernel.
There are three methods to install emacspeak-ss
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install emacspeak-ss Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install emacspeak-ss
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install emacspeak-ss
Install emacspeak-ss Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install emacspeak-ss
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install emacspeak-ss
Install emacspeak-ss Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install emacspeak-ss
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install emacspeak-ss
How To Uninstall emacspeak-ss on Debian 9
To uninstall only the emacspeak-ss
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove emacspeak-ss
Uninstall emacspeak-ss And Its Dependencies
To uninstall emacspeak-ss
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove emacspeak-ss
Remove emacspeak-ss Configurations and Data
To remove emacspeak-ss
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge emacspeak-ss
Remove emacspeak-ss configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove emacspeak-ss
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge emacspeak-ss
Dependencies
emacspeak-ss have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install emacspeak-ss
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.