How To Install mbrola-fr7 on Debian 12

Learn how to install mbrola-fr7 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. mbrola-fr7 is French Belgian male voice for Mbrola

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mbrola-fr7 on Debian 12.

What is mbrola-fr7

mbrola-fr7 is:

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

It provides a French Belgian male voice to be used with the MBROLA program.

There are three methods to install mbrola-fr7 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 mbrola-fr7 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-fr7 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mbrola-fr7

Install mbrola-fr7 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mbrola-fr7 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mbrola-fr7

Install mbrola-fr7 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 mbrola-fr7 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mbrola-fr7

How To Uninstall mbrola-fr7 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the mbrola-fr7 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mbrola-fr7

Uninstall mbrola-fr7 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mbrola-fr7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mbrola-fr7

Remove mbrola-fr7 Configurations and Data

To remove mbrola-fr7 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mbrola-fr7

Remove mbrola-fr7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mbrola-fr7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mbrola-fr7

Dependencies

mbrola-fr7 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mbrola-fr7 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.