How To Install htsengine on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install htsengine on Kali Linux. htsengine is frontend of HMM-based speech synthesis engine

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install htsengine on Kali Linux.

What is htsengine

htsengine is:

This engine is software to synthesize speech waveform from Hidden Markov Models (HMM) trained by the HMM-based speech synthesis system (a.k.a. HTS).

This package is a frontend of HTS engine.

There are three methods to install htsengine 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 htsengine Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install htsengine

Install htsengine Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install htsengine using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install htsengine

Install htsengine 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 htsengine using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install htsengine

How To Uninstall htsengine on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the htsengine package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove htsengine

Uninstall htsengine And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove htsengine

Remove htsengine Configurations and Data

To remove htsengine configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge htsengine

Remove htsengine configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge htsengine

Dependencies

htsengine have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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