How To Install espeak-data on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install espeak-data on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is espeak-data
espeak-data is:
eSpeak is a software speech synthesizer for English, and some other languages.
This package contains necessary synthesizer data files needed for the espeak program, and the shared library.
There are three methods to install espeak-data 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 espeak-data Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install espeak-data using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install espeak-data
Install espeak-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install espeak-data using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install espeak-data
Install espeak-data 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 espeak-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install espeak-data
How To Uninstall espeak-data on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the espeak-data package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove espeak-data
Uninstall espeak-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall espeak-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove espeak-data
Remove espeak-data Configurations and Data
To remove espeak-data configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge espeak-data
Remove espeak-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove espeak-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge espeak-data
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install espeak-data package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
