How to Install and Uninstall espeak-ng-espeak Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "espeak-ng-espeak" package

This is a short guide on how to install espeak-ng-espeak on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall espeak-ng-espeak on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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-espeak package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: espeak-ng-espeak
Architecture: all
Version: 1.50+dfsg-7build1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/sound
Source: espeak-ng
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Accessibility Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 23
Provides: espeak
Depends: espeak-ng
Conflicts: espeak
Filename: pool/universe/e/espeak-ng/espeak-ng-espeak_1.50+dfsg-7build1_all.deb
Size: 3168
MD5sum: 56077394058164dca9258b1b95a33e7d
SHA1: 0cdf513cdd1ac911ea16954aaf46edea1a1dd745
SHA256: 81f8aba2a6f49c5ce144622d86b36baff5e933f147a8be99c42c4903bbf95b3d
SHA512: 37a0d68ba380fecf96cb092f0192ab8653e7bcf2ea7f04ed49b6984e85abd4e49962f1c1b843fb448d50a2882bcb2a244694343fa9ff42d1c32e0c8ffe856fd6
Homepage: https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng
Description-en: Multi-lingual software speech synthesizer
eSpeak NG is a software speech synthesizer for English, and some other
languages.
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This package contains compatibility links that makes it a drop-in replacement
for the espeak package. Installing this package thus allows one to make
applications calling the /usr/bin/espeak program use eSpeak NG without any
modification or rebuild.
Description-md5: b9f92b674c042951eb4c4adc7617637e