How to Install and Uninstall espeak Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 12,2024

You can also install and uninstall the espeak on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

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1. Install "espeak" package

Learn how to install espeak on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall espeak on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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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 12 (Bookworm)

Package: espeak
Version: 1.48.15+dfsg-3
Installed-Size: 218
Maintainer: Debian Accessibility Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), libespeak1 (>= 1.48.15+dfsg)
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_1.48.15+dfsg-3_amd64.deb
Size: 72164
MD5sum: a026e27257a9c0e6edfb3aab4d2d41e6
SHA256: 2bf9f61df0887ca591a8ace0e9e5ad475a94aa3845dba7e7b7c1569a65a019e9