How To Install python3-speechd on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-speechd on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python3-speechd
python3-speechd is:
Speech Dispatcher provides a device independent layer for speech synthesis. It supports various software and hardware speech synthesizers as backends and provides a generic layer for synthesizing speech and playing back PCM data via those different backends to applications.
Various high level concepts like enqueueing vs. interrupting speech and application specific user configurations are implemented in a device independent way, therefore freeing the application programmer from having to yet again reinvent the wheel.
This package contains a Python library for communication with Speech Dispatcher.
There are three methods to install python3-speechd 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 python3-speechd 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-speechd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-speechd
Install python3-speechd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-speechd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-speechd
Install python3-speechd 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 python3-speechd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-speechd
How To Uninstall python3-speechd on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python3-speechd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-speechd
Uninstall python3-speechd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-speechd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-speechd
Remove python3-speechd Configurations and Data
To remove python3-speechd configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-speechd
Remove python3-speechd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-speechd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-speechd
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-speechd package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
