How To Install libspeechd2 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libspeechd2 on Debian 11.
What is libspeechd2
libspeechd2 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 a shared library needed for C programs linked with it.
There are three methods to install libspeechd2 on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libspeechd2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libspeechd2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libspeechd2
Install libspeechd2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libspeechd2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libspeechd2
Install libspeechd2 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 libspeechd2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libspeechd2
How To Uninstall libspeechd2 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libspeechd2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libspeechd2
Uninstall libspeechd2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libspeechd2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libspeechd2
Remove libspeechd2 Configurations and Data
To remove libspeechd2 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libspeechd2
Remove libspeechd2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libspeechd2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libspeechd2
Dependencies
libspeechd2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libspeechd2 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
