How To Install libspeechd2 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libspeechd2 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libspeechd2 is Speech Dispatcher

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libspeechd2 on Debian 12.

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 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 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 12

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 12, 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 12 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 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.