How To Install espeak-ng-espeak on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is espeak-ng-espeak

espeak-ng-espeak is:

eSpeak NG is a software speech synthesizer for English, and some other languages.

This package contains compatibility links that makes it a drop-in replacement for the espeak package. Installing this package thus allows one to make applications calling the /usr/bin/espeak program use eSpeak NG without any modification or rebuild.

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

sudo apt-get -y install espeak-ng-espeak

Install espeak-ng-espeak Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install espeak-ng-espeak

Install espeak-ng-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 espeak-ng-espeak using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install espeak-ng-espeak

How To Uninstall espeak-ng-espeak on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove espeak-ng-espeak

Uninstall espeak-ng-espeak And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove espeak-ng-espeak

Remove espeak-ng-espeak Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge espeak-ng-espeak

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

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

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

Dependencies

espeak-ng-espeak have the following dependencies:

• espeak-ng

References

• espeak-ng-espeak website

Summary

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