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

Last updated: May 21,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "espeak-ng" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install espeak-ng on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall espeak-ng on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the espeak-ng package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: espeak-ng
Version: 1.51+dfsg-10+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 1059
Maintainer: Debian Accessibility Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libespeak-ng1 (>= 1.51+dfsg), libpcaudio0 (>= 1.2), libsonic0 (>= 0.1.10)
Description: Multi-lingual software speech synthesizer
Description-md5: 676d7ce1b20e4d6befc5ac58737957be
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng
Section: sound
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/e/espeak-ng/espeak-ng_1.51+dfsg-10+deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 352840
MD5sum: 87d39ffce3e0078a7cf8172659af2957
SHA256: 0ac779230f0b7eb0c4f28e2646cbe1a98279b069f03f70b3fb559e9e9a60055f