How To Install libespeak-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libespeak-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libespeak-dev
libespeak-dev is:
eSpeak is a software speech synthesizer for English, and some other languages.
This package contains the eSpeak development files needed to build against the espeak shared library.
There are three methods to install libespeak-dev
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 libespeak-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libespeak-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libespeak-dev
Install libespeak-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libespeak-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libespeak-dev
Install libespeak-dev 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 libespeak-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libespeak-dev
How To Uninstall libespeak-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libespeak-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libespeak-dev
Uninstall libespeak-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libespeak-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libespeak-dev
Remove libespeak-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libespeak-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libespeak-dev
Remove libespeak-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libespeak-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libespeak-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libespeak-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.