How To Install libespeak-ng-libespeak1 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libespeak-ng-libespeak1 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libespeak-ng-libespeak1
libespeak-ng-libespeak1 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 libespeak1 package. Installing this package thus allows one to make applications linked against libespeak1 use eSpeak NG without any modification or rebuild.
There are three methods to install libespeak-ng-libespeak1 on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-ng-libespeak1 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-ng-libespeak1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libespeak-ng-libespeak1
Install libespeak-ng-libespeak1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libespeak-ng-libespeak1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libespeak-ng-libespeak1
Install libespeak-ng-libespeak1 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-ng-libespeak1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libespeak-ng-libespeak1
How To Uninstall libespeak-ng-libespeak1 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libespeak-ng-libespeak1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libespeak-ng-libespeak1
Uninstall libespeak-ng-libespeak1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libespeak-ng-libespeak1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libespeak-ng-libespeak1
Remove libespeak-ng-libespeak1 Configurations and Data
To remove libespeak-ng-libespeak1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libespeak-ng-libespeak1
Remove libespeak-ng-libespeak1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libespeak-ng-libespeak1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libespeak-ng-libespeak1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libespeak-ng-libespeak1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
