How to Install and Uninstall espeakup Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "espeakup" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install espeakup on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall espeakup on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                espeakup
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the espeakup package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: espeakup
Priority: extra
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 50
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Accessibility Team
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:0.71-26ubuntu1
Depends: espeak, libc6 (>= 2.15), libespeak1 (>= 1.48.04+dfsg)
Filename: pool/universe/e/espeakup/espeakup_0.71-26ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 13790
MD5sum: f35a9b317067fa2d12f2679a463e833b
SHA1: 59298a021eab628f0342f6ebf889e1212ee21f57
SHA256: 804b9918a41438f391f2d77144ca90c6bcf0f15f264efb887ee0d5ba17751088
Description-en: Connector between speakup kernel modules and espeak
Espeakup is a daemon that connects speakup kernel modules to the espeak
software speech synthesizer through the /dev/softsynth device.
Description-md5: 55732b96fe38aafca9eaf0eea263f40b
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.github.com/williamh/espeakup
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu