How To Install python3-gtts on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-gtts on Kali Linux. python3-gtts is Wrapper and CLI utility for the Google TTS (Text-to-Speech) API (Python 3)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-gtts on Kali Linux.

What is python3-gtts

python3-gtts is:

A Python interface for Google’s Text to Speech API. Create an mp3 file with the gTTS module or the gtts-cli tool. It allows unlimited lengths to be spoken by tokenizing long sentences where the speech would naturally pause.

This package contains the module for Python 3.

There are three methods to install python3-gtts on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install python3-gtts Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-gtts using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-gtts

Install python3-gtts Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-gtts using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-gtts

Install python3-gtts Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-gtts using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-gtts

How To Uninstall python3-gtts on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the python3-gtts package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-gtts

Uninstall python3-gtts And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-gtts and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-gtts

Remove python3-gtts Configurations and Data

To remove python3-gtts configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-gtts

Remove python3-gtts configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-gtts configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-gtts

Dependencies

python3-gtts have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-gtts package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.