How To Install emacspeak-ss on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install emacspeak-ss on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is emacspeak-ss
emacspeak-ss is:
emacspeak-ss is an interface between Emacspeak and any of several speech synthesizers: DoubleTalk PC version 5.20 or later (internal), DoubleTalk LT version 4.20 or later (serial port version), LiteTalk version 4.20 or later, Braille ’n Speak, Type ’n Speak, Braille Lite, Apollo 2 from Dolphin, or Accent SA. If you have a DoubleTalk PC, you also need the dtlk device driver - either the module or compiled into your kernel.
There are three methods to install emacspeak-ss 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 emacspeak-ss Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install emacspeak-ss using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install emacspeak-ss
Install emacspeak-ss Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install emacspeak-ss using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install emacspeak-ss
Install emacspeak-ss 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 emacspeak-ss using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install emacspeak-ss
How To Uninstall emacspeak-ss on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the emacspeak-ss package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove emacspeak-ss
Uninstall emacspeak-ss And Its Dependencies
To uninstall emacspeak-ss and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove emacspeak-ss
Remove emacspeak-ss Configurations and Data
To remove emacspeak-ss configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge emacspeak-ss
Remove emacspeak-ss configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove emacspeak-ss configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge emacspeak-ss
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install emacspeak-ss package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
