How To Install mbrola-fr4 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mbrola-fr4 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mbrola-fr4
mbrola-fr4 is:
This package contains a French diphone database provided in the context of the MBROLA project see: http://tcts.fpms.ac.be/synthesis/
It provides a French female voice to be used with the MBROLA program.
Input files use the SAMPA (SAM Phonetic Alphabet) notation as recommended by the EEC-SAM Project.
There are three methods to install mbrola-fr4 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-fr4 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-fr4 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mbrola-fr4
Install mbrola-fr4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mbrola-fr4 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mbrola-fr4
Install mbrola-fr4 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-fr4 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mbrola-fr4
How To Uninstall mbrola-fr4 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mbrola-fr4 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mbrola-fr4
Uninstall mbrola-fr4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mbrola-fr4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mbrola-fr4
Remove mbrola-fr4 Configurations and Data
To remove mbrola-fr4 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mbrola-fr4
Remove mbrola-fr4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mbrola-fr4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mbrola-fr4
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mbrola-fr4 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
