How To Install festvox-don on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install festvox-don on Ubuntu 18.04. festvox-don is minimal British English male speaker for festival

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install festvox-don on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is festvox-don

festvox-don is:

This is a very small diphone database, which gives poor quality sound output but runs very fast.

The voice contained in this database is a British English male speaker.

There are three methods to install festvox-don 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-don 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-don using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install festvox-don

Install festvox-don Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install festvox-don

Install festvox-don 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-don using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install festvox-don

How To Uninstall festvox-don on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the festvox-don package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove festvox-don

Uninstall festvox-don And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove festvox-don

Remove festvox-don Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge festvox-don

Remove festvox-don configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge festvox-don

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Summary

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