How To Install freetts on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install freetts on Debian 11. freetts is speech synthesis system

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install freetts on Debian 11.

What is freetts

freetts is:

FreeTTS is a speech synthesis system written entirely in the Java(TM) programming language. It is based upon Flite, a small run-time speech synthesis engine developed at Carnegie Mellon University. Flite in turn is derived from the Festival Speech Synthesis System from the University of Edinburgh and the FestVox project from Carnegie Mellon University.

There are three methods to install freetts 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 freetts Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install freetts

Install freetts Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install freetts using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install freetts

Install freetts 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 freetts using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install freetts

How To Uninstall freetts on Debian 11

To uninstall only the freetts package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove freetts

Uninstall freetts And Its Dependencies

To uninstall freetts and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove freetts

Remove freetts Configurations and Data

To remove freetts configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge freetts

Remove freetts configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freetts

Dependencies

freetts have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install freetts package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.