How To Install festvox-rablpc16k on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install festvox-rablpc16k on Kali Linux. festvox-rablpc16k is British English male speaker for festival, 16khz sample rate

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install festvox-rablpc16k on Kali Linux.

What is festvox-rablpc16k

festvox-rablpc16k is:

This is a diphone database for festival that uses 16k samples for high quality sound output. This is a large database (9 MB), and festival will convert text to speech more slowly using it, so you might want to install festvox-rablpc8k instead if you have low disk space or a slow computer.

The voice contained in this database is a British English male speaker.

There are three methods to install festvox-rablpc16k 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 festvox-rablpc16k Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install festvox-rablpc16k using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install festvox-rablpc16k

Install festvox-rablpc16k Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install festvox-rablpc16k using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install festvox-rablpc16k

Install festvox-rablpc16k 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 festvox-rablpc16k using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install festvox-rablpc16k

How To Uninstall festvox-rablpc16k on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the festvox-rablpc16k package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove festvox-rablpc16k

Uninstall festvox-rablpc16k And Its Dependencies

To uninstall festvox-rablpc16k and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove festvox-rablpc16k

Remove festvox-rablpc16k Configurations and Data

To remove festvox-rablpc16k configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge festvox-rablpc16k

Remove festvox-rablpc16k configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove festvox-rablpc16k configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge festvox-rablpc16k

Dependencies

festvox-rablpc16k have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install festvox-rablpc16k package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.