# Install flite with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper Small fast and portable speech synthesis system. Version 2.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-31. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install flite. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:flite ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install flite ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install flite ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: audio/flite/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add flite ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: flite from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install flite ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: flite from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install flite ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: flite from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#flite ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fl/flite/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S flite ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: flite from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install flite ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: flite from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:flite - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.2 - **Source summary:** Small fast and portable speech synthesis system - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT-Festival AND BSD-2-Clause AND BSD-3-Clause AND Spencer-86 AND Apache-2.0 AND LicenseRef-Homebrew-cannot-represent - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-31T11:20:57Z - **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00 ## Executables - flite (cli) - flite_cmu_time_awb (cli) - flite_cmu_us_awb (cli) - flite_cmu_us_kal (cli) - flite_cmu_us_kal16 (cli) - flite_cmu_us_rms (cli) - flite_cmu_us_slt (cli) - flite_time (cli) - flite (alias) - flite_cmu_time_awb (alias) - flite_cmu_us_awb (alias) - flite_cmu_us_kal (alias) - flite_cmu_us_kal16 (alias) - flite_cmu_us_rms (alias) - flite_cmu_us_slt (alias) - flite_time (alias) ## Build dependencies - autoconf - automake - coreutils - libtool ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-04 - Package-manager version: 2.2 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-31 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/festvox/flite - Upstream latest detected: v2.2 (current) ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for flite. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** flite - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - flite - 2.2-7: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: flite from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Small run-time speech synthesis engine | http://cmuflite.org - Debian apt - flite1-dev - 2.2-7: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: flite1-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Small run-time speech synthesis engine - development files | http://cmuflite.org - Debian apt - libflite1 - 2.2-7: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libflite1 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Small run-time speech synthesis engine - shared libraries | http://cmuflite.org - Nix - flite: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fl/flite/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - flite - 2.2-6build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: flite from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Small run-time speech synthesis engine | http://cmuflite.org - Ubuntu apt - flite1-dev - 2.2-6build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: flite1-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Small run-time speech synthesis engine - development files | http://cmuflite.org - Ubuntu apt - libflite1 - 2.2-6build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libflite1 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Small run-time speech synthesis engine - shared libraries | http://cmuflite.org - apk - flite - 2.2-r6: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: flite from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Small, fast speech synthesis engine (text-to-speech) | http://cmuflite.org/ - apk - flite-dev - 2.2-r6: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: flite-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Small, fast speech synthesis engine (text-to-speech) (development files) | http://cmuflite.org/ - apk - flite-static - 2.2-r6: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: flite-static from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Small, fast speech synthesis engine (text-to-speech) (static library) | http://cmuflite.org/ - dnf - flite - 2.2-14.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: flite from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst | Small, fast speech synthesis engine (text-to-speech) | http://cmuflite.org/ - dnf - flite-devel - 2.2-14.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: flite-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst | Development files for flite | http://cmuflite.org/ - pacman - flite - 2.2-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: flite from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A lightweight speech synthesis engine | http://www.festvox.org/flite/ - zypper - flite - 2.2-1.12: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: flite from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Small, fast speech synthesis engine (text-to-speech) | https://github.com/festvox/flite - zypper - flite-devel - 2.2-1.12: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: flite-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Development files for flite | https://github.com/festvox/flite - zypper - libflite1 - 2.2-1.12: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libflite1 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Small, fast speech synthesis engine (libraries) | https://github.com/festvox/flite ## Related links - [Networking and protocol packages](https://pkg.so/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Web development packages](https://pkg.so/web-dev-tools/) - Matched web development metadata. - [Homebrew utility packages](https://pkg.so/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts. - [coreutils](https://pkg.so/brew/coreutils/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [libtool](https://pkg.so/brew/libtool/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [autoconf](https://pkg.so/brew/autoconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [automake](https://pkg.so/brew/automake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [mimic](https://pkg.so/brew/mimic/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cmu, flite, speech, synthesis, time. - [wolfmqtt](https://pkg.so/brew/wolfmqtt/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: fast, portable, small. - [sane](https://pkg.so/npm/sane/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: fast, small, system. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/flite.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/flite.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - package-page enrichment - package version freshness - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph