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Install Mimic on CachyOS

Text-to-speech voice synthesis from the Mycroft project.

From the official CachyOS repo. Install with pacman, no AUR helper needed.

Reviewed Nov 2, 2026 · independent guide

How do I install Mimic on CachyOS?

Run this in a terminal:

sudo pacman -S mimic1

mimic1 is in the cachyos repo, the CachyOS project's own package repository, so pacman installs it directly with no AUR helper and no build script. The package is signed with the CachyOS repository key, and pacman checks the signature before it installs.

What should I do after installing Mimic?

  1. It installs these commands: compile_regexes, mimic, mimic_time, mimicvox_info and t2p.
  2. Run pacman -Qi mimic1 to see the installed version and the optional dependencies.

How do I update or remove Mimic?

Update:

sudo pacman -Syu

Remove:

sudo pacman -Rns mimic1

What is Mimic?

Mycroft's TTS engine, based on CMU's Flite (Festival Lite).

Package description: Text-to-speech voice synthesis from the Mycroft project.

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    MycroftAI/mimic1 · ★ 856 stars · last commit Nov 2, 2022 · latest release Mar 6, 2020

    Real issues opened by users on the project's GitHub, shown as written with a link to each one. 10 most reacted issues opened in the last two years plus the 5 newest issues, bots, pull requests, non English and political posts skipped, capped at 15 per repo. Fetched Nov 1, 2026.

    1. "Shared" compilation (with --enable-shared=yes) fails.Closed

      Hi! :-) (On a Debian stable based distribution), I ran the commands autogen, configure (with the option "--enable-shared=yes"), make, make check, make install (as root) and make installcheck, successfully. Unfortunately, mimin can't run and complains for a missing lib, although…

      @Achaean · · 2 comments · View on GitHub

    2. At ./autogen.sh: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'Open

      I am trying to set up mimic on a Windows 10 laptop. When I run autogen.sh (on Cygwin), I am getting the following error: I dont think any invalid or restricted characters are being used. What could be causing this?

      @VjayalakshmiK · · 0 comments · View on GitHub

    3. Error when running 'make'Closed

      Error when running 'make'. Steps to reproduce the behavior: Linux 5.15.74-3-MANJARO

      @ddmin · · 5 comments · View on GitHub

    4. Issue while compiling with LTO enabledOpen

      Downstream bug report: Compile mimic 1.3.0.1 or mimic from git as of d561f87acbf14a9bae428a464a8ecd7c2971ecb1 with CFLAGS=-flto -Werror=odr -Werror=lto-type-mismatch -Werror=strict-aliasing mimic compiles with LTO enabled, without lto-type-mismatchs. See Device type: PC OS:…

      @lanodan · · 1 comments · View on GitHub

    5. Windows cross compilation errorClosed

      Issue resolved

      @mitmelon · · 0 comments · View on GitHub

    6. Is there a guide for adding new language support to mimic1?Open

      Hello, Is there a guide for adding new language support to mimic1?

      @mike-2020 · · 1 comments · View on GitHub

    7. Dead links: festvox.org doesn't work anymore?Open

      The links to festvox.org doesnt work. Is the site permanently down?

      @CryptoCashCashoo · · 3 comments · View on GitHub

    8. Tool for creating my own .flitevox?Open

      Is there a way to create a flitevox file from scratch? (for example, reading a book or something)

      @CryptoCashCashoo · · 4 comments · View on GitHub

    9. mimic -p '' segsClosed

      mimic -p '' segfaults Steps to reproduce the behavior: 1. mimic -p '' Either an error, or silence #0 0x000000000040e0b8 in getdltmat (dno=1, dmat=0x646b470, dw= , mat=0x646b800) at src/cg/cstmlpg.c:333 i = 0 j = -1 k = 0 tmpnum = -1 i = j = k = tmpnum = #1 mlpg…

      @penguin42 · · 1 comments · View on GitHub

    10. Distorted 'ap' voice output when compiling with gcc 8.3Open

      Building with gcc 8.3.0 (Debian stable, x8664) the 'ap' voice is broken (the others are fine); similar to #210, but even when generating wav directly: broken.wav.gz Tested using 1.3.0 and current head. When switching to a different compiler the problem is gone. Clang 7 is also…

      @undernorthernsky · · 0 comments · View on GitHub

    11. Using mimic librariesOpen

      My end-goal is to incorporate the TTS libraries into my own application to help me practice my Spanish listening skills. I would like this application to work on both Linux and Windows. I have downloaded and compiled the source code for Mimic Classic on my Linux box (Linux Mint…

      @bobdavis62 · · 11 comments · View on GitHub

    12. Compile for pulseaudioOpen

      As more platforms switch to pulseaudio by default it would be good to compile Mimic1 to explicitly use this. Raised in

      @krisgesling · · 2 comments · View on GitHub

    13. Unable to make standalone mimic pause and resume at will when reading long text from terminalOpen

      Unable to make standalone mimic pause and resume at will when reading long text from terminal. This bug is a problem when listening to Mimic read long text.

      @dln949 · · 5 comments · View on GitHub

    14. Add support for Palm OSOpen

      I have a palm OS device. ENABLE SUPPORT!!!!!!!!!!!

      @dpark12300 · · 2 comments · View on GitHub

    15. Linking fails, but easily fixedClosed

      gcc 10.2.0: Linking fails until an "extern" prefix is added to lang/cmuindiclang/cmuindiclang.h, line 54, for symbol cstrxnotindic. All is well after the extern is added.

      @MichaelSabal · · 2 comments · View on GitHub

    Mimic on CachyOS: questions

    Is Mimic in the official CachyOS repo?

    Yes. The mimic1 package is in the cachyos repo, version 1.3.0.1-1, built 2023-03-05. Install it with sudo pacman -S mimic1.

    Do I need an AUR helper for Mimic?

    No. It comes from the cachyos repo, so plain pacman installs and updates it, and sudo pacman -Syu keeps it current.

    What is the Mimic command?

    The package installs compile_regexes, mimic, mimic_time, mimicvox_info and t2p.