How To Install espeak.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2
In this tutorial we learn how to install espeak.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. espeak.x86_64 is Software speech synthesizer (text-to-speech)
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install espeak.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.
What is espeak.x86_64
eSpeak is a software speech synthesizer for English and other languages. eSpeak produces good quality English speech. It uses a different synthesis method from other open source TTS engines, and sounds quite different. It’s perhaps not as natural or “smooth”, but some people may find the articulation clearer and easier to listen to for long periods. eSpeak supports several languages, however in most cases these are initial drafts and need more work to improve them. It can run as a command line program to speak text from a file or from stdin.
We can use yum to install espeak.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install espeak.x86_64.
Install espeak.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install espeak.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install espeak.x86_64
How To Uninstall espeak.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2
To uninstall only the espeak.x86_64 package we can use the following command:
sudo yum remove espeak.x86_64
espeak.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2
/usr/bin/espeak
/usr/lib64/libespeak.so.1
/usr/lib64/libespeak.so.1.1.47
/usr/share/doc/espeak-1.47.11
/usr/share/doc/espeak-1.47.11/ChangeLog.txt
/usr/share/doc/espeak-1.47.11/License.txt
/usr/share/doc/espeak-1.47.11/ReadMe
/usr/share/doc/espeak-1.47.11/html
/usr/share/doc/espeak-1.47.11/html/add_language.html
/usr/share/doc/espeak-1.47.11/html/analyse.html
/usr/share/doc/espeak-1.47.11/html/commands.html
/usr/share/doc/espeak-1.47.11/html/dictionary.html
/usr/share/doc/espeak-1.47.11/html/docindex.html
/usr/share/doc/espeak-1.47.11/html/editor.html
/usr/share/doc/espeak-1.47.11/html/editor_if.html
/usr/share/doc/espeak-1.47.11/html/images
/usr/share/doc/espeak-1.47.11/html/images/lips.png
/usr/share/doc/espeak-1.47.11/html/images/sand-light.jpg
/usr/share/doc/espeak-1.47.11/html/index.html
/usr/share/doc/espeak-1.47.11/html/intonation.html
/usr/share/doc/espeak-1.47.11/html/languages.html
/usr/share/doc/espeak-1.47.11/html/mbrola.html
/usr/share/doc/espeak-1.47.11/html/phonemes.html
/usr/share/doc/espeak-1.47.11/html/phontab.html
/usr/share/doc/espeak-1.47.11/html/speak_lib.h
/usr/share/doc/espeak-1.47.11/html/ssml.html
/usr/share/doc/espeak-1.47.11/html/voices.html
/usr/share/espeak-data
/usr/share/espeak-data/af_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/an_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/bg_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/ca_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/cs_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/cy_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/da_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/de_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/el_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/en_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/eo_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/es_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/et_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/fa_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/fi_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/fr_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/ga_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/grc_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/hbs_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/hi_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/hu_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/hy_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/id_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/intonations
/usr/share/espeak-data/is_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/it_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/jbo_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/ka_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/kn_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/ku_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/la_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/lt_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/lv_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/mbrola
/usr/share/espeak-data/mbrola_ph
/usr/share/espeak-data/mbrola_ph/af1_phtrans
/usr/share/espeak-data/mbrola_ph/ca1_phtrans
/usr/share/espeak-data/mbrola_ph/cr1_phtrans
/usr/share/espeak-data/mbrola_ph/cs_phtrans
/usr/share/espeak-data/mbrola_ph/de2_phtrans
/usr/share/espeak-data/mbrola_ph/de4_phtrans
/usr/share/espeak-data/mbrola_ph/de6_phtrans
/usr/share/espeak-data/mbrola_ph/ee1_phtrans
/usr/share/espeak-data/mbrola_ph/en1_phtrans
/usr/share/espeak-data/mbrola_ph/es_phtrans
/usr/share/espeak-data/mbrola_ph/fr1_phtrans
/usr/share/espeak-data/mbrola_ph/gr2_phtrans
/usr/share/espeak-data/mbrola_ph/grc-de6_phtrans
/usr/share/espeak-data/mbrola_ph/hn1_phtrans
/usr/share/espeak-data/mbrola_ph/hu1_phtrans
/usr/share/espeak-data/mbrola_ph/ic1_phtrans
/usr/share/espeak-data/mbrola_ph/id1_phtrans
/usr/share/espeak-data/mbrola_ph/in1_phtrans
/usr/share/espeak-data/mbrola_ph/ir1_phtrans
/usr/share/espeak-data/mbrola_ph/it3_phtrans
/usr/share/espeak-data/mbrola_ph/la1_phtrans
/usr/share/espeak-data/mbrola_ph/lt1_phtrans
/usr/share/espeak-data/mbrola_ph/lt2_phtrans
/usr/share/espeak-data/mbrola_ph/mx1_phtrans
/usr/share/espeak-data/mbrola_ph/mx2_phtrans
/usr/share/espeak-data/mbrola_ph/nl_phtrans
/usr/share/espeak-data/mbrola_ph/pl1_phtrans
/usr/share/espeak-data/mbrola_ph/pt1_phtrans
/usr/share/espeak-data/mbrola_ph/pt_phtrans
/usr/share/espeak-data/mbrola_ph/ptbr4_phtrans
/usr/share/espeak-data/mbrola_ph/ptbr_phtrans
/usr/share/espeak-data/mbrola_ph/ro1_phtrans
/usr/share/espeak-data/mbrola_ph/sv2_phtrans
/usr/share/espeak-data/mbrola_ph/sv_phtrans
/usr/share/espeak-data/mbrola_ph/tr1_phtrans
/usr/share/espeak-data/mbrola_ph/us3_phtrans
/usr/share/espeak-data/mbrola_ph/us_phtrans
/usr/share/espeak-data/mbrola_ph/vz_phtrans
/usr/share/espeak-data/mk_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/ml_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/ms_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/ne_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/nl_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/no_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/pa_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/phondata
/usr/share/espeak-data/phondata-manifest
/usr/share/espeak-data/phonindex
/usr/share/espeak-data/phontab
/usr/share/espeak-data/pl_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/pt_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/ro_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/ru_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/sk_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/soundicons
/usr/share/espeak-data/sq_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/sv_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/sw_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/ta_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/tr_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/vi_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/!v
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/!v/croak
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/!v/f1
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/!v/f2
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/!v/f3
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/!v/f4
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/!v/f5
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/!v/klatt
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/!v/klatt2
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/!v/klatt3
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/!v/klatt4
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/!v/m1
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/!v/m2
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/!v/m3
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/!v/m4
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/!v/m5
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/!v/m6
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/!v/m7
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/!v/whisper
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/!v/whisperf
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/_en
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/asia
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/asia/fa
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/asia/fa-pin
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/asia/hi
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/asia/hy
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/asia/hy-west
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/asia/id
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/asia/ka
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/asia/kn
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/asia/ku
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/asia/ml
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/asia/ms
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/asia/ne
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/asia/pa
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/asia/ta
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/asia/tr
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/asia/vi
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/asia/vi-hue
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/asia/vi-sgn
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/asia/zh
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/asia/zh-yue
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/de
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/default
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/en
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/en-us
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/es-la
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/europe
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/europe/an
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/europe/bg
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/europe/bs
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/europe/ca
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/europe/cs
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/europe/cy
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/europe/da
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/europe/el
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/europe/es
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/europe/et
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/europe/fi
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/europe/fr-be
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/europe/ga
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/europe/hr
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/europe/hu
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/europe/is
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/europe/it
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/europe/lt
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/europe/lv
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/europe/mk
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/europe/nl
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/europe/no
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/europe/pl
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/europe/pt-pt
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/europe/ro
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/europe/ru
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/europe/sk
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/europe/sq
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/europe/sr
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/europe/sv
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/fr
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-af1
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-af1-en
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-br1
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-br3
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-br4
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-cr1
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-cz2
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-de2
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-de3
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-de4
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-de4-en
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-de5
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-de5-en
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-de6
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-de6-grc
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-de7
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-ee1
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-en1
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-es1
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-es2
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-fr1
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-fr1-en
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-fr4
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-fr4-en
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-gr2
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-gr2-en
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-hu1
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-hu1-en
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-ic1
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-id1
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-ir1
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-it3
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-it4
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-la1
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-mx1
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-mx2
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-nl2
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-nl2-en
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-pl1
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-pl1-en
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-pt1
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-ro1
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-ro1-en
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-sw1
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-sw1-en
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-sw2
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-sw2-en
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-tr1
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-tr2
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-us1
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-us2
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-us3
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-vz1
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/other
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/other/af
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/other/en-n
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/other/en-rp
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/other/en-sc
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/other/en-wi
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/other/en-wm
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/other/eo
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/other/grc
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/other/jbo
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/other/la
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/other/sw
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/pt
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/test
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/test/am
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/test/az
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/test/bn
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/test/kl
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/test/ko
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/test/nci
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/test/pap
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/test/si
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/test/sl
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/test/te
/usr/share/espeak-data/voices/test/ur
/usr/share/espeak-data/zh_dict
/usr/share/espeak-data/zhy_dict
/usr/share/man/man1/espeak.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install espeak.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.