How To Install librhvoice-core4 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install librhvoice-core4
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is librhvoice-core4
librhvoice-core4 is:
RHVoice uses statistical parametric synthesis. It relies on existing open source speech technologies (mainly HTS and related software).
Voices are built from recordings of natural speech. They have small footprints, because only statistical models are stored on users’ computers. And though the voices lack the naturalness of the synthesizers which generate speech by combining segments of the recordings themselves, they are still very intelligible and resemble the speakers who recorded the source material.
Initially, RHVoice could speak only Russian. Now it also supports English, Esperanto and Georgian. In theory, it is possible to implement support for other languages, if all the necessary resources can be found or created.
This package contains the core shared library
There are three methods to install librhvoice-core4
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install librhvoice-core4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install librhvoice-core4
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install librhvoice-core4
Install librhvoice-core4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install librhvoice-core4
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install librhvoice-core4
Install librhvoice-core4 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 librhvoice-core4
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install librhvoice-core4
How To Uninstall librhvoice-core4 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the librhvoice-core4
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove librhvoice-core4
Uninstall librhvoice-core4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall librhvoice-core4
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove librhvoice-core4
Remove librhvoice-core4 Configurations and Data
To remove librhvoice-core4
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge librhvoice-core4
Remove librhvoice-core4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove librhvoice-core4
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librhvoice-core4
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install librhvoice-core4
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.