How To Install mbrola-gr1 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install mbrola-gr1 on Ubuntu 20.04. mbrola-gr1 is Greek male voice for Mbrola

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mbrola-gr1 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is mbrola-gr1

mbrola-gr1 is:

This package contains a Greek diphone database provided in the context of the MBROLA project see: http://tcts.fpms.ac.be/synthesis/

It provides a Greek male voice to be used with the MBROLA program.

There are three methods to install mbrola-gr1 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install mbrola-gr1 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install mbrola-gr1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mbrola-gr1

Install mbrola-gr1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mbrola-gr1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mbrola-gr1

Install mbrola-gr1 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 mbrola-gr1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mbrola-gr1

How To Uninstall mbrola-gr1 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the mbrola-gr1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mbrola-gr1

Uninstall mbrola-gr1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mbrola-gr1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mbrola-gr1

Remove mbrola-gr1 Configurations and Data

To remove mbrola-gr1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mbrola-gr1

Remove mbrola-gr1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mbrola-gr1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mbrola-gr1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mbrola-gr1 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.