How To Install mbrola-de1 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install mbrola-de1 on Ubuntu 18.04. mbrola-de1 is German female voice for Mbrola

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mbrola-de1 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is mbrola-de1

mbrola-de1 is:

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

It provides a German female voice to be used with the MBROLA program.

There are three methods to install mbrola-de1 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-de1 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-de1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mbrola-de1

Install mbrola-de1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mbrola-de1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mbrola-de1

Install mbrola-de1 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-de1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mbrola-de1

How To Uninstall mbrola-de1 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the mbrola-de1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mbrola-de1

Uninstall mbrola-de1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mbrola-de1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mbrola-de1

Remove mbrola-de1 Configurations and Data

To remove mbrola-de1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mbrola-de1

Remove mbrola-de1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mbrola-de1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mbrola-de1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mbrola-de1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.