How To Install libgnome-speech7 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnome-speech7 on Debian 9. libgnome-speech7 is GNOME text-to-speech library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnome-speech7 on Debian 9.

What is libgnome-speech7

libgnome-speech7 is:

The GNOME Speech library gives a simple yet general API for programs to convert text into speech, as well as speech input.

Multiple backends are supported by the GNOME Speech library. The Festival and Espeak backends are provided by default in this package; other backends that require prorietary software are available via separate packages (gnome-speech-dectalk, gnome-speech-ibmtts and gnome-speech-swift).

There are three methods to install libgnome-speech7 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libgnome-speech7 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgnome-speech7 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgnome-speech7

Install libgnome-speech7 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgnome-speech7 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgnome-speech7

Install libgnome-speech7 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 libgnome-speech7 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgnome-speech7

How To Uninstall libgnome-speech7 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libgnome-speech7 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgnome-speech7

Uninstall libgnome-speech7 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgnome-speech7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgnome-speech7

Remove libgnome-speech7 Configurations and Data

To remove libgnome-speech7 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgnome-speech7

Remove libgnome-speech7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgnome-speech7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgnome-speech7

Dependencies

libgnome-speech7 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnome-speech7 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.