How To Install mbrola-br1 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install mbrola-br1 on Ubuntu 18.04. mbrola-br1 is Brazilian Portuguese male voice for Mbrola

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mbrola-br1 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is mbrola-br1

mbrola-br1 is:

This package contains a Brazilian Portuguese diphone database provided in the context of the MBROLA project see: http://tcts.fpms.ac.be/synthesis/

It provides a Brazilian Portuguese male voice to be used with the MBROLA program.

There are three methods to install mbrola-br1 on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install mbrola-br1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install mbrola-br1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mbrola-br1

Install mbrola-br1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mbrola-br1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mbrola-br1

Install mbrola-br1 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 mbrola-br1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mbrola-br1

How To Uninstall mbrola-br1 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the mbrola-br1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mbrola-br1

Uninstall mbrola-br1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mbrola-br1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mbrola-br1

Remove mbrola-br1 Configurations and Data

To remove mbrola-br1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mbrola-br1

Remove mbrola-br1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mbrola-br1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mbrola-br1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mbrola-br1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.