How To Install libttspico-utils on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libttspico-utils on Kali Linux. libttspico-utils is Small Footprint TTS (binaries)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libttspico-utils on Kali Linux.

What is libttspico-utils

libttspico-utils is:

The SVOX Pico engine is a software speech synthesizer for German, English (GB and US), Spanish, French and Italian.

SVOX produces a clear and distinct speech output made possible by the use of Hidden Markov Model (HMM) algorithms.

This package contains binary files including pico2wave.

There are three methods to install libttspico-utils on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libttspico-utils Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libttspico-utils using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libttspico-utils

Install libttspico-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libttspico-utils

Install libttspico-utils Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libttspico-utils

How To Uninstall libttspico-utils on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libttspico-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libttspico-utils

Uninstall libttspico-utils And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libttspico-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libttspico-utils

Remove libttspico-utils Configurations and Data

To remove libttspico-utils configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libttspico-utils

Remove libttspico-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libttspico-utils

Dependencies

libttspico-utils have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libttspico-utils package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.