How To Install freetts on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install freetts on Debian 10.
What is freetts
freetts is:
FreeTTS is a speech synthesis system written entirely in the Java(TM) programming language. It is based upon Flite, a small run-time speech synthesis engine developed at Carnegie Mellon University. Flite in turn is derived from the Festival Speech Synthesis System from the University of Edinburgh and the FestVox project from Carnegie Mellon University.
There are three methods to install freetts on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install freetts Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install freetts using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install freetts
Install freetts Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install freetts using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install freetts
Install freetts 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install freetts using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install freetts
How To Uninstall freetts on Debian 10
To uninstall only the freetts package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove freetts
Uninstall freetts And Its Dependencies
To uninstall freetts and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove freetts
Remove freetts Configurations and Data
To remove freetts configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge freetts
Remove freetts configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove freetts configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freetts
Dependencies
freetts have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freetts package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.