How To Install emacspeak-espeak-server on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install emacspeak-espeak-server on Kali Linux.
What is emacspeak-espeak-server
emacspeak-espeak-server is:
Emacspeak is a speech output system that will allow someone who cannot see to work directly on a UNIX system.
Emacspeak is built on top of Emacs. Once Emacs is started with Emacspeak loaded, users get spoken feedback for all actions. As Emacs can do everything, they get speech feedback for everything they do.
This package includes the speech server for the espeak (software) speech synthesizer.
There are three methods to install emacspeak-espeak-server 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 emacspeak-espeak-server Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install emacspeak-espeak-server using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install emacspeak-espeak-serverInstall emacspeak-espeak-server Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install emacspeak-espeak-server using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install emacspeak-espeak-serverInstall emacspeak-espeak-server 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install emacspeak-espeak-server using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install emacspeak-espeak-serverHow To Uninstall emacspeak-espeak-server on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the emacspeak-espeak-server package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove emacspeak-espeak-serverUninstall emacspeak-espeak-server And Its Dependencies
To uninstall emacspeak-espeak-server and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove emacspeak-espeak-serverRemove emacspeak-espeak-server Configurations and Data
To remove emacspeak-espeak-server configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge emacspeak-espeak-serverRemove emacspeak-espeak-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove emacspeak-espeak-server configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge emacspeak-espeak-serverDependencies
emacspeak-espeak-server have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install emacspeak-espeak-server package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
