How To Install festvox-rablpc16k on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install festvox-rablpc16k
on Ubuntu 20.04.
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 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 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 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 festvox-rablpc16k
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install festvox-rablpc16k
How To Uninstall festvox-rablpc16k on Ubuntu 20.04
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 Ubuntu 20.04, 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 Ubuntu 20.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install festvox-rablpc16k
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.