espeak on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "espeak" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install espeak on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S espeak

* (Optional) Uninstall espeak on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns espeak

2. Manually Install "espeak" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone espeak's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/espeak.git ~/espeak

c. Go to ~/espeak folder and install it

$ cd ~/espeak $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the espeak package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1293236
Name: espeak
PackageBaseID: 173885
PackageBase: espeak
Version: 1:1.48.04-4
Description: Text to Speech engine for English, with support for other languages
URL: http://espeak.sourceforge.net/
NumVotes: 11
Popularity: 0.001688
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: SanskritFritz
Submitter: SanskritFritz
FirstSubmitted: 1639258048
LastModified: 1690130618
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/espeak.tar.gz