How to solve "No package espeak available." error when trying to install speak on AWS ec2 linux?

Question

The same code is working on my local machine(Windows) but when running the same on AWS Linux after installing Pyttsx3, it is not working.

    import pyttsx3
    engine = pyttsx3.init() 
    engine.say("I will speak this text")
    engine.runAndWait()

this is the sample code. I am new to AWS and LINUX.

And this is the error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/ec2-user/st_env/env/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pyttsx3/__init__.py", line 20, in init
    eng = _activeEngines[driverName]
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/weakref.py", line 137, in __getitem__
    o = self.data[key]()
KeyError: None

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/home/ec2-user/st_env/env/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pyttsx3/__init__.py", line 22, in init
    eng = Engine(driverName, debug)
  File "/home/ec2-user/st_env/env/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pyttsx3/engine.py", line 30, in __init__
    self.proxy = driver.DriverProxy(weakref.proxy(self), driverName, debug)
  File "/home/ec2-user/st_env/env/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pyttsx3/driver.py", line 50, in __init__
    self._module = importlib.import_module(name)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/importlib/__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 994, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 971, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 955, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 665, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 678, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 219, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "/home/ec2-user/st_env/env/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pyttsx3/drivers/espeak.py", line 9, in <module>
    from . import _espeak, toUtf8, fromUtf8
  File "/home/ec2-user/st_env/env/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pyttsx3/drivers/_espeak.py", line 18, in <module>
    dll = cdll.LoadLibrary('libespeak.so.1')
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/ctypes/__init__.py", line 421, in LoadLibrary
    return self._dlltype(name)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/ctypes/__init__.py", line 343, in __init__
    self._handle = _dlopen(self._name, mode)
OSError: libespeak.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

EDIT: this OSError: libespeak.so.1: error is there because the espeak engine is not installed on the machine(as suggested by other Stackoverflow post), is there any way to install espeak than sudo yum install espeak ?

Does this answer your question? [pyttsx pyttsx.init() not working](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44890310/pyttsx-pyttsx-init-not-working) — Girish, Jan 21 '21 at 12:24

Girish · Answer 1 · 2021-01-23T11:00:27.527

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I have tested the below commands on the amazon ec2 instance with host os Amazon Linux 2 and also tested your sample python code which runs successfully.

If your host system is Amazon Linux 2 then you can install espeak using the below commands :

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   _|  (     /   Amazon Linux 2 AMI
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[ec2-user@aws ~]$ rpm -E %{rhel}
7                                            --> as you can see here its based on RHEL 7

[ec2-user@aws ~]$ yum list espeak
Loaded plugins: extras_suggestions, langpacks, priorities, update-motd
Available Packages
espeak.i686                                                            1.47.11-4.amzn2.0.2                                                          amzn2-core
espeak.x86_64                                                          1.47.11-4.amzn2.0.2                                                          amzn2-core

Here you can see the espeak package is available on Amazon Linux. So you need to install it using the below command :

ec2-user@aws ~]$ sudo yum -y install espeak
Loaded plugins: extras_suggestions, langpacks, priorities, update-motd
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package espeak.x86_64 0:1.47.11-4.amzn2.0.2 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: libpulse.so.0(PULSE_0)(64bit) for package: espeak-1.47.11-4.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libpulse.so.0()(64bit) for package: espeak-1.47.11-4.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
--> Running transaction check
---> Package pulseaudio-libs.x86_64 0:10.0-3.amzn2.0.3 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: libsndfile.so.1(libsndfile.so.1.0)(64bit) for package: pulseaudio-libs-10.0-3.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libxcb.so.1()(64bit) for package: pulseaudio-libs-10.0-3.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libsndfile.so.1()(64bit) for package: pulseaudio-libs-10.0-3.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libasyncns.so.0()(64bit) for package: pulseaudio-libs-10.0-3.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libXtst.so.6()(64bit) for package: pulseaudio-libs-10.0-3.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libX11.so.6()(64bit) for package: pulseaudio-libs-10.0-3.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libX11-xcb.so.1()(64bit) for package: pulseaudio-libs-10.0-3.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
...

OR

yum localinstall http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/os/x86_64/Packages/espeak-1.47.11-4.el7.x86_64.rpm

And it will install the package espeak.

edited Jan 23 '21 at 11:00

answered Jan 21 '21 at 13:17

Girish

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No, when I run "sudo yum install espeak". it says No package espeak available. – Shivam purbia Jan 22 '21 at 10:07
You can download the `espeak` rpm package from [here](https://centos.pkgs.org/7/centos-x86_64/espeak-1.47.11-4.el7.x86_64.rpm.html) and you can install it directly using `yum install FILE.rpm` – Girish Jan 22 '21 at 10:16
Man, there are 2 packages: Binary and Source, which one should I go for? – Shivam purbia Jan 22 '21 at 10:37
use binary package. You can also run `yum search espeak` or `yum list *espeak*` to find out if it has some different name available on Amazon Linux. – Girish Jan 22 '21 at 11:20
If you download the source package then you first need to compile it and then install it if you are familiar with the `configure-make-make install` method. – Girish Jan 22 '21 at 11:23
I Downloaded the Binary and tried to install it but there are two libs/dependencies that need to be installed, and when I am installing those libs using the same method they further require some other libs. :-( – Shivam purbia Jan 22 '21 at 13:52
Have you tried searching for the package using `yum`? As per what I know Amazon Linux is based on CentOS and the CentOS/RHEL repo has the package `espeak`. If not try to install dependencies manually as mentioned in the [post](https://centos.pkgs.org/7/centos-x86_64/espeak-1.47.11-4.el7.x86_64.rpm.html). As your code is trying to access some Linux library `.so` file you only need to install `espeak` somehow. – Girish Jan 22 '21 at 14:34
I have updated my answer as you are running your code on Amazon Linux. – Girish Jan 22 '21 at 14:53
still NO packages available when running yum search espeak or yum list *espeak* , and when checked the version by cat /etc/os-release command it displays (env) [ec2-user@ip-172-31-10-224 ~]$ cat /etc/os-release NAME="Amazon Linux AMI" VERSION="2018.03" ID="amzn" ID_LIKE="rhel fedora" VERSION_ID="2018.03" PRETTY_NAME="Amazon Linux AMI 2018.03" – Shivam purbia Jan 23 '21 at 08:02
can you share with me the output of `rpm -E %{rhel}`? – Girish Jan 23 '21 at 09:11
also, run `yum repolist` and see if this `!amzn2-core/2/x86_64 ` repo is present on your machine – Girish Jan 23 '21 at 09:41
@Shivampurbia, at last, you can try this `yum localinstall http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/os/x86_64/Packages/espeak-1.47.11-4.el7.x86_64.rpm` hope this will resolve the problem. – Girish Jan 23 '21 at 10:59

How to solve "No package espeak available." error when trying to install speak on AWS ec2 linux?

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