How To Install stardict-plugin-espeak on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install stardict-plugin-espeak on Ubuntu.
What is stardict-plugin-espeak
stardict-plugin-espeak is:
StarDict is a cross-platform international dictionary lookup program.
Main features:
- Glob-style pattern matching search
- Fuzzy search
- Working from system tray
- Scanning mouse selection and showing pop-up windows with translation of selected words
- Pronouncing of the translated words
- Plugins support
- ..and more
This package contains eSpeak TTS plugin for StarDict which can pronounce words.
There are three methods to install stardict-plugin-espeak on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install stardict-plugin-espeak Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install stardict-plugin-espeak using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install stardict-plugin-espeak
Install stardict-plugin-espeak Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install stardict-plugin-espeak using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install stardict-plugin-espeak
Install stardict-plugin-espeak Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install stardict-plugin-espeak using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install stardict-plugin-espeak
How To Uninstall stardict-plugin-espeak on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the stardict-plugin-espeak package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove stardict-plugin-espeak
Uninstall stardict-plugin-espeak And Its Dependencies
To uninstall stardict-plugin-espeak and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove stardict-plugin-espeak
Remove stardict-plugin-espeak Configurations and Data
To remove stardict-plugin-espeak configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge stardict-plugin-espeak
Remove stardict-plugin-espeak configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove stardict-plugin-espeak configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge stardict-plugin-espeak
Dependencies
stardict-plugin-espeak have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install stardict-plugin-espeak package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.