How To Install asterisk-espeak on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install asterisk-espeak on Ubuntu 20.04. asterisk-espeak is eSpeak module for Asterisk

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install asterisk-espeak on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is asterisk-espeak

asterisk-espeak is:

Module for the Asterisk open source PBX which allows you to use the eSpeak voice synthesis engine to render text to speech.

There are three methods to install asterisk-espeak 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 asterisk-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 asterisk-espeak using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install asterisk-espeak

Install asterisk-espeak Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install asterisk-espeak

Install asterisk-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install asterisk-espeak using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install asterisk-espeak

How To Uninstall asterisk-espeak on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the asterisk-espeak package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove asterisk-espeak

Uninstall asterisk-espeak And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove asterisk-espeak

Remove asterisk-espeak Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge asterisk-espeak

Remove asterisk-espeak configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge asterisk-espeak

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Summary

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