How To Install ruby-espeak on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-espeak
on Debian 11.
What is ruby-espeak
ruby-espeak is:
This package contains espeak-ruby, a small Ruby API for utilizing ??espeak?? and ??lame?? to create Text-To-Speech mp3 files.
There are three methods to install ruby-espeak
on Debian 11. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ruby-espeak Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-espeak
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-espeak
Install ruby-espeak Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-espeak
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-espeak
Install ruby-espeak 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 ruby-espeak
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-espeak
How To Uninstall ruby-espeak on Debian 11
To uninstall only the ruby-espeak
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-espeak
Uninstall ruby-espeak And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-espeak
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-espeak
Remove ruby-espeak Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-espeak
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-espeak
Remove ruby-espeak configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-espeak
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-espeak
Dependencies
ruby-espeak have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-espeak
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.