How To Install librhvoice-audio2 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install librhvoice-audio2 on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is librhvoice-audio2
librhvoice-audio2 is:
RHVoice uses statistical parametric synthesis. It relies on existing open source speech technologies (mainly HTS and related software).
Voices are built from recordings of natural speech. They have small footprints, because only statistical models are stored on users’ computers. And though the voices lack the naturalness of the synthesizers which generate speech by combining segments of the recordings themselves, they are still very intelligible and resemble the speakers who recorded the source material.
Initially, RHVoice could speak only Russian. Now it also supports English, Esperanto and Georgian. In theory, it is possible to implement support for other languages, if all the necessary resources can be found or created.
This package contains the audio shared library
There are three methods to install librhvoice-audio2 on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install librhvoice-audio2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install librhvoice-audio2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install librhvoice-audio2
Install librhvoice-audio2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install librhvoice-audio2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install librhvoice-audio2
Install librhvoice-audio2 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install librhvoice-audio2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install librhvoice-audio2
How To Uninstall librhvoice-audio2 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the librhvoice-audio2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove librhvoice-audio2
Uninstall librhvoice-audio2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall librhvoice-audio2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove librhvoice-audio2
Remove librhvoice-audio2 Configurations and Data
To remove librhvoice-audio2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge librhvoice-audio2
Remove librhvoice-audio2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove librhvoice-audio2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librhvoice-audio2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install librhvoice-audio2 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
