How To Install qtspeech5-speechd-plugin on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qtspeech5-speechd-plugin on Kali Linux.

What is qtspeech5-speechd-plugin

qtspeech5-speechd-plugin is:

QtSpeech provides support for text-to-speech and speech recognition in Qt applications.

This package contains the plugin for speechd speech synthesis engine.

There are three methods to install qtspeech5-speechd-plugin 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 qtspeech5-speechd-plugin Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install qtspeech5-speechd-plugin using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install qtspeech5-speechd-plugin

Install qtspeech5-speechd-plugin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install qtspeech5-speechd-plugin using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install qtspeech5-speechd-plugin

Install qtspeech5-speechd-plugin 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 qtspeech5-speechd-plugin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install qtspeech5-speechd-plugin

How To Uninstall qtspeech5-speechd-plugin on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the qtspeech5-speechd-plugin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove qtspeech5-speechd-plugin

Uninstall qtspeech5-speechd-plugin And Its Dependencies

To uninstall qtspeech5-speechd-plugin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove qtspeech5-speechd-plugin

Remove qtspeech5-speechd-plugin Configurations and Data

To remove qtspeech5-speechd-plugin configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge qtspeech5-speechd-plugin

Remove qtspeech5-speechd-plugin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove qtspeech5-speechd-plugin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qtspeech5-speechd-plugin

Dependencies

qtspeech5-speechd-plugin have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libqt5core5a
• libqt5texttospeech5
• libspeechd2
• libstdc++6

References

• qtspeech5-speechd-plugin website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qtspeech5-speechd-plugin package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.