How To Install brltty-espeak on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install brltty-espeak on Kali Linux. brltty-espeak is Access software for a blind person - espeak driver

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install brltty-espeak on Kali Linux.

What is brltty-espeak

brltty-espeak is:

BRLTTY is a daemon which provides access to the Linux console (text mode) for a blind person using a braille display. It drives the braille display and provides complete screen review functionality.

This package contains an optional speech driver for the espeak speech synthesis engine.

There are three methods to install brltty-espeak on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install brltty-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 brltty-espeak using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install brltty-espeak

Install brltty-espeak Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install brltty-espeak

Install brltty-espeak Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install brltty-espeak

How To Uninstall brltty-espeak on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove brltty-espeak

Uninstall brltty-espeak And Its Dependencies

To uninstall brltty-espeak and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove brltty-espeak

Remove brltty-espeak Configurations and Data

To remove brltty-espeak configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge brltty-espeak

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

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

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

Dependencies

brltty-espeak have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install brltty-espeak package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.