How To Install libhtsengine-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhtsengine-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. libhtsengine-dev is Development files for HMM-based speech synthesis engine API

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhtsengine-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libhtsengine-dev

libhtsengine-dev is:

This engine is software to synthesize speech waveform from Hidden Markov Models (HMM) trained by the HMM-based speech synthesis system (a.k.a. HTS).

This package contains the development libraries and header files needed by programs that want to compile with HTS engine.

There are three methods to install libhtsengine-dev 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 libhtsengine-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 libhtsengine-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libhtsengine-dev

Install libhtsengine-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libhtsengine-dev

Install libhtsengine-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 libhtsengine-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libhtsengine-dev

How To Uninstall libhtsengine-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libhtsengine-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libhtsengine-dev

Uninstall libhtsengine-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libhtsengine-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhtsengine-dev

Remove libhtsengine-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libhtsengine-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libhtsengine-dev

Remove libhtsengine-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhtsengine-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhtsengine-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.