How To Install mbrola-it4 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install mbrola-it4 on Ubuntu 18.04. mbrola-it4 is Italian female voice for Mbrola

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mbrola-it4 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is mbrola-it4

mbrola-it4 is:

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

It provides an Italian female voice to be used with the MBROLA program.

There are three methods to install mbrola-it4 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-it4 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-it4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mbrola-it4

Install mbrola-it4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mbrola-it4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mbrola-it4

Install mbrola-it4 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-it4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mbrola-it4

How To Uninstall mbrola-it4 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the mbrola-it4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mbrola-it4

Uninstall mbrola-it4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mbrola-it4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mbrola-it4

Remove mbrola-it4 Configurations and Data

To remove mbrola-it4 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mbrola-it4

Remove mbrola-it4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mbrola-it4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mbrola-it4

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mbrola-it4 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.