How to Install and Uninstall espeak Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "espeak" package

Please follow the steps below to install espeak on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "espeak" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall espeak on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                espeak
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the espeak package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: espeak
Version: 1.48.04+dfsg-7+deb10u1
Installed-Size: 218
Maintainer: Debian Accessibility Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libespeak1 (>= 1.48.04+dfsg), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1)
Description: Multi-lingual software speech synthesizer
Description-md5: e4d7ea42a09ed7423403adc9c62ce2f5
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://espeak.sourceforge.net/
Tag: implemented-in::c++, interface::commandline, role::program,
sound::speech, works-with::audio
Section: sound
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/e/espeak/espeak_1.48.04+dfsg-7+deb10u1_amd64.deb
Size: 71484
MD5sum: 616288b927890137a2ca94733e353b89
SHA256: c280c876ee0174a2a501509e5cf96da9e740d3b828bb56c24741329cc756e4e8