How To Install mimic on Fedora 34

mimic is Mycroft’s TTS engine Mycroft’s TTS engine

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mimic on Fedora 34.

What is mimic

Mimic is a fast, lightweight Text-to-speech engine developed by Mycroft A.I. and VocalID, based on Carnegie Mellon University’s FLITE software. Mimic takes in text and reads it out loud to create a high quality voice. Mimic’s low-latency, small resource footprint, and good quality voices set it apart from other open source text-to-speech projects. mimic 1.3.0.1 5.fc34 x86_64 81 M mimic-1.3.0.1-5.fc34.src.rpm fedora Mycroft’s TTS engine https BSD Mimic is a fast, lightweight Text-to-speech engine developed by Mycroft A.I. and VocalID, based on Carnegie Mellon University’s FLITE software. Mimic takes in text and reads it out loud to create a high quality voice. Mimic’s low-latency, small resource footprint, and good quality voices set it apart from other open source text-to-speech projects.

We can use yum or dnf to install mimic on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mimic.

Install mimic on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install mimic using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mimic

Install mimic on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install mimic using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mimic

How To Uninstall mimic on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove mimic

mimic Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/compile_regexes
/usr/bin/mimic
/usr/bin/mimic_time
/usr/bin/mimicvox_info
/usr/bin/t2p
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/00
/usr/lib/.build-id/00/d84192eb32faa28490e9cb2a36ae56245acd4e
/usr/lib/.build-id/03
/usr/lib/.build-id/03/4894bf71002996975361100f6d00226ffcb5d5
/usr/lib/.build-id/05
/usr/lib/.build-id/05/14b571b7559e36f3f46f7ac7a535dd38ada8cd
/usr/lib/.build-id/12
/usr/lib/.build-id/12/48e218a291abec8fd26ae7070b35f685dc5aa1
/usr/lib/.build-id/13
/usr/lib/.build-id/13/0449a01a6875e3e6d474bbc5a135eaea443898
/usr/lib/.build-id/17
/usr/lib/.build-id/17/f5cd5a40654bce6f6645fdbe082f1ce92c03ac
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d/db6c167758621837f43744c72ce2869f2cda80
/usr/lib/.build-id/46
/usr/lib/.build-id/46/9e3af606197a93e6fd3d6dffe7167eebc0f0d5
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a/7ef0a42c5e130e5a693c7fb20d2d97ac2a2a88
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e/c21e27d453b4b247c180476a2c4f89cd10d5a5
/usr/lib/.build-id/5f
/usr/lib/.build-id/5f/45016d52f327c425c36042c991b9e54584bfc1
/usr/lib/.build-id/65
/usr/lib/.build-id/65/2ee11b9eca51041656bb2c448f862165e14afc
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/usr/lib/.build-id/9d
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/usr/lib/.build-id/a1
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1/83ce14490254c7ae3aaabf7b61e491c74bd0a1
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4/ccd684c6ed4c71115a61946d19826d81bad95d
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa/ca5ad1eac2a7a98d5fc0e35a351dca45bbec77
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad/b716d496b92e408e03648596356d8cba9657a9
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7/1dd3b3e8ce75866549639207c70700657e6d2f
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7/8ee8b7745ceaf07b39f97662dd18532c12ca5b
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc/2c016e802360129831e77e7b77b5a09670e9b2
/usr/lib64/libttsmimic.so.0
/usr/lib64/libttsmimic.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libttsmimic_lang_all_langs.so.0
/usr/lib64/libttsmimic_lang_all_langs.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libttsmimic_lang_all_voices.so.0
/usr/lib64/libttsmimic_lang_all_voices.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libttsmimic_lang_cmu_grapheme_lang.so.0
/usr/lib64/libttsmimic_lang_cmu_grapheme_lang.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libttsmimic_lang_cmu_grapheme_lex.so.0
/usr/lib64/libttsmimic_lang_cmu_grapheme_lex.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libttsmimic_lang_cmu_indic_lang.so.0
/usr/lib64/libttsmimic_lang_cmu_indic_lang.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libttsmimic_lang_cmu_indic_lex.so.0
/usr/lib64/libttsmimic_lang_cmu_indic_lex.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libttsmimic_lang_cmu_time_awb.so.0
/usr/lib64/libttsmimic_lang_cmu_time_awb.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libttsmimic_lang_cmu_us_awb.so.0
/usr/lib64/libttsmimic_lang_cmu_us_awb.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libttsmimic_lang_cmu_us_kal.so.0
/usr/lib64/libttsmimic_lang_cmu_us_kal.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libttsmimic_lang_cmu_us_kal16.so.0
/usr/lib64/libttsmimic_lang_cmu_us_kal16.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libttsmimic_lang_cmu_us_rms.so.0
/usr/lib64/libttsmimic_lang_cmu_us_rms.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libttsmimic_lang_cmu_us_slt.so.0
/usr/lib64/libttsmimic_lang_cmu_us_slt.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libttsmimic_lang_cmu_us_slt_hts.so.0
/usr/lib64/libttsmimic_lang_cmu_us_slt_hts.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libttsmimic_lang_cmulex.so.0
/usr/lib64/libttsmimic_lang_cmulex.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libttsmimic_lang_usenglish.so.0
/usr/lib64/libttsmimic_lang_usenglish.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libttsmimic_lang_vid_gb_ap.so.0
/usr/lib64/libttsmimic_lang_vid_gb_ap.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/mimic
/usr/share/doc/mimic/ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
/usr/share/licenses/mimic
/usr/share/licenses/mimic/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/mimic.1.gz
/usr/share/mimic
/usr/share/mimic/voices
/usr/share/mimic/voices/cmu_us_slt_hts.htsvoice
/usr/bin/compile_regexes
/usr/bin/mimic
/usr/bin/mimic_time
/usr/bin/mimicvox_info
/usr/bin/t2p
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/06
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/usr/lib/libttsmimic.so.0
/usr/lib/libttsmimic.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/libttsmimic_lang_all_langs.so.0
/usr/lib/libttsmimic_lang_all_langs.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/libttsmimic_lang_all_voices.so.0
/usr/lib/libttsmimic_lang_all_voices.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/libttsmimic_lang_cmu_grapheme_lang.so.0
/usr/lib/libttsmimic_lang_cmu_grapheme_lang.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/libttsmimic_lang_cmu_grapheme_lex.so.0
/usr/lib/libttsmimic_lang_cmu_grapheme_lex.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/libttsmimic_lang_cmu_indic_lang.so.0
/usr/lib/libttsmimic_lang_cmu_indic_lang.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/libttsmimic_lang_cmu_indic_lex.so.0
/usr/lib/libttsmimic_lang_cmu_indic_lex.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/libttsmimic_lang_cmu_time_awb.so.0
/usr/lib/libttsmimic_lang_cmu_time_awb.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/libttsmimic_lang_cmu_us_awb.so.0
/usr/lib/libttsmimic_lang_cmu_us_awb.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/libttsmimic_lang_cmu_us_kal.so.0
/usr/lib/libttsmimic_lang_cmu_us_kal.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/libttsmimic_lang_cmu_us_kal16.so.0
/usr/lib/libttsmimic_lang_cmu_us_kal16.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/libttsmimic_lang_cmu_us_rms.so.0
/usr/lib/libttsmimic_lang_cmu_us_rms.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/libttsmimic_lang_cmu_us_slt.so.0
/usr/lib/libttsmimic_lang_cmu_us_slt.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/libttsmimic_lang_cmu_us_slt_hts.so.0
/usr/lib/libttsmimic_lang_cmu_us_slt_hts.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/libttsmimic_lang_cmulex.so.0
/usr/lib/libttsmimic_lang_cmulex.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/libttsmimic_lang_usenglish.so.0
/usr/lib/libttsmimic_lang_usenglish.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/libttsmimic_lang_vid_gb_ap.so.0
/usr/lib/libttsmimic_lang_vid_gb_ap.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/mimic
/usr/share/doc/mimic/ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
/usr/share/licenses/mimic
/usr/share/licenses/mimic/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/mimic.1.gz
/usr/share/mimic
/usr/share/mimic/voices
/usr/share/mimic/voices/cmu_us_slt_hts.htsvoice

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mimic on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.