Hello, On 31/03/2019 19:05, Martin McCormick wrote: > I am now subscribed to debian-accessibility. I thought I > was before but was actually subscribed to ubuntu-accessibility > which is a very close family member to debian as I once had orca > running on another linux box. > > I got the clone from git and did > > sudo make install > > and instantly got > > cc -MMD -Wall -c -o espeakup.o espeakup.c > In file included from espeakup.c:29:0: > espeakup.h:27:30: fatal error: espeak/speak_lib.h: No such file or directory > #include <espeak/speak_lib.h> > ^ > compilation terminated. > <builtin>: recipe for target 'espeakup.o' failed > make: *** [espeakup.o] Error 1 > > I suspect a lot of this contrariness with the system > kicking and screaming at every step has to do with the fact that > I brought speech up on the ISO image while installing it and > #include <espeak/speak_lib.h> refers to a header file that > should be here but isn't, not in any directory so it isn't a case > of debian doing something odd with it. speak_lib.h doesn't exist > in any directory on the system. In the source archive on espeak-ng, it is here: ./src/include/espeak/speak_lib.h So if it's an issue with Debian packaging. I just checked with this query https://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=contents&keywords=speak_lib.h The file is shipped in libespeak-dev and libespeak-ng-lib. Don't ask me why, ask the packagers. > Anyway, the missing library is a show-stopper for now. > espeak does talk but the new espeakup is still science fiction on this > system. Simple solution: install Slint. espeakup works there out of the box. http://slint.fr/wiki/start?id=en/start Best, Dider > Martin > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup