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Wanting gespeaker for ubuntu. So I managed to install Python2 in my Ubuntu 20.04 installation.

sudo apt-get install python2
sudo python2 setup.py install

Looks like no errors -/

Still claims gespeaker has (unlisted) dependencies in software app and also in command-line

sudo dpkg -i "gespeaker_0.8.6-1_all.deb"

RESULTS:

sudo dpkg -i "gespeaker_0.8.6-1_all.deb"
Selecting previously unselected package gespeaker.        
(Reading database ... 197742 files and directories currently installed.)        
Preparing to unpack gespeaker_0.8.6-1_all.deb ...        
Unpacking gespeaker (0.8.6-1) ...        
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gespeaker:        
gespeaker depends on python-glade2; however:        
Package python-glade2 is not installed.        
gespeaker depends on python-gobject; however:        
Package python-gobject is not installed.        
gespeaker depends on python-gtk2; however:        
Package python-gtk2 is not installed.        
gespeaker depends on python-xdg; however:        
Package python-xdg is not installed.        
gespeaker depends on python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~); however:

dpkg: error processing package gespeaker (--install):

dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.1-1) ...

Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.24-1ubuntu3) ...

Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1ubuntu1) ...

Processing triggers for mime-support (3.64ubuntu1) ...

Errors were encountered while processing:

gespeaker

espeak "This is a test" runs fine in command-line. Gespeaker listed in GUI apps list, fails on startup. Had this issue last ubuntu, seems a python dependency?

UPDATE:

sudo apt-get upgrade resuts:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:        
 gespeaker : Depends: python-glade2 but it is not installable        
             Depends: python-gobject but it is not installed        
             Depends: python-gtk2 but it is not installable        
             Depends: python-xdg but it is not installed        
             Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
N0rbert
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Ok, so you are trying to use GeSpeaker from Ubuntu 18.04 LTS repository. This previous Ubuntu version had more Python 2 libraries. You still can get them installed on 20.04 LTS by manual downloading:

cd ~/Downloads
wget -c http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/g/gespeaker/gespeaker_0.8.6-1_all.deb
wget -c http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/p/pygtk/python-glade2_2.24.0-5.1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
wget -c http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/p/pygtk/python-gtk2_2.24.0-5.1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
wget -c http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/d/dbus-python/python-dbus_1.2.6-1_amd64.deb

sudo apt-get install ./gespeaker_0.8.6-1_all.deb ./python-glade2_2.24.0-5.1ubuntu2_amd64.deb ./python-gtk2_2.24.0-5.1ubuntu2_amd64.deb ./python-dbus_1.2.6-1_amd64.deb

and enjoy.

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