# 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/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-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
- **Version:** 2.2
- **Source summary:** Small fast and portable speech synthesis system
- **Homepage:** <http://www.festvox.org/flite>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/festvox/flite>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-31T11:20:57Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- 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)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2.2

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for flite. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## 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/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-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/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-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


## 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
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
