How To Install festvox-ca-ona-hts on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install festvox-ca-ona-hts on Ubuntu 18.04. festvox-ca-ona-hts is Catalan female speaker for festival, 16kHz HTS

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install festvox-ca-ona-hts on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is festvox-ca-ona-hts

festvox-ca-ona-hts is:

This is a Catalan female HTS voice for festival that uses 16kHz samples. Using festival, this package allows one to transform written text to speech spoken with a high quality female voice.

This voice was generated with 10 hours of recordings at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.

There are three methods to install festvox-ca-ona-hts 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 festvox-ca-ona-hts Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install festvox-ca-ona-hts using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install festvox-ca-ona-hts

Install festvox-ca-ona-hts Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install festvox-ca-ona-hts using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install festvox-ca-ona-hts

Install festvox-ca-ona-hts 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 festvox-ca-ona-hts using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install festvox-ca-ona-hts

How To Uninstall festvox-ca-ona-hts on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the festvox-ca-ona-hts package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove festvox-ca-ona-hts

Uninstall festvox-ca-ona-hts And Its Dependencies

To uninstall festvox-ca-ona-hts and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove festvox-ca-ona-hts

Remove festvox-ca-ona-hts Configurations and Data

To remove festvox-ca-ona-hts configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge festvox-ca-ona-hts

Remove festvox-ca-ona-hts configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove festvox-ca-ona-hts configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge festvox-ca-ona-hts

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install festvox-ca-ona-hts package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.