How To Install libspeechd-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libspeechd-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libspeechd-dev is Speech Dispatcher

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libspeechd-dev on Debian 12.

What is libspeechd-dev

libspeechd-dev is:

Speech Dispatcher provides a device independent layer for speech synthesis. It supports various software and hardware speech synthesizers as backends and provides a generic layer for synthesizing speech and playing back PCM data via those different backends to applications.

Various high level concepts like enqueueing vs. interrupting speech and application specific user configurations are implemented in a device independent way, therefore freeing the application programmer from having to yet again reinvent the wheel.

This package contains static library, and C headers needed for programs linked with the shared or static library.

There are three methods to install libspeechd-dev on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libspeechd-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 libspeechd-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libspeechd-dev

Install libspeechd-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libspeechd-dev

Install libspeechd-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libspeechd-dev

How To Uninstall libspeechd-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libspeechd-dev

Uninstall libspeechd-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libspeechd-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libspeechd-dev

Remove libspeechd-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libspeechd-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libspeechd-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libspeechd-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libspeechd-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.