How To Install brltty-speechd on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install brltty-speechd on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is brltty-speechd
brltty-speechd is:
BRLTTY is a daemon which provides access to the Linux console (text mode) for a blind person using a braille display. It drives the braille display and provides complete screen review functionality.
This package contains an optional speech driver for the speech-dispatcher speech synthesis server.
There are three methods to install brltty-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 brltty-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 brltty-speechd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install brltty-speechd
Install brltty-speechd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install brltty-speechd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install brltty-speechd
Install brltty-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 brltty-speechd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install brltty-speechd
How To Uninstall brltty-speechd on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the brltty-speechd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove brltty-speechd
Uninstall brltty-speechd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall brltty-speechd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove brltty-speechd
Remove brltty-speechd Configurations and Data
To remove brltty-speechd configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge brltty-speechd
Remove brltty-speechd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove brltty-speechd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge brltty-speechd
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install brltty-speechd package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
