How to Install and Uninstall emacspeak Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: January 10,2025

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

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "emacspeak" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install emacspeak on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "emacspeak" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall emacspeak on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                emacspeak
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the emacspeak package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: emacspeak
Architecture: all
Version: 53.0+dfsg-1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/editors
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Accessibility Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 30049
Depends: adduser, debconf, emacs (>= 1:26.1~), make, perl, tcl, tclx8.4, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, perl:any
Recommends: emacspeak-espeak-server, sox
Suggests: eflite, emacspeak-ss, espeak, psgml, w3m-el, xsltproc
Filename: pool/universe/e/emacspeak/emacspeak_53.0+dfsg-1_all.deb
Size: 14412336
MD5sum: de28dbdee3e2b35eec31a47e28ce2112
SHA1: b04e0b797a6ac33f191624233c1b105ee13d2a9f
SHA256: 01cacc4e9c156c84593e7cdbaeaada111a5167eb9d84d3d45df3ad01d77ef951
SHA512: ad069620d55d441aeba284380cf0bf10fcca5293a0bdcf9704b9b739a55f32f9f2cebf4933467319b3b4a754e8f4b5ed46255564f7614555e9161d39604f8ec3
Homepage: http://emacspeak.sf.net
Description: speech output interface to Emacs
Description-md5: 1e098459f1d5faed9ec8b4ef129266ea