The following log shows an install error on an acer spin #713 chromebook and it may point at systemd not espeakup.
WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts. Reading package lists... Building dependency tree... Reading state information... The following NEW packages will be installed: espeak-ng espeakup 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 373 kB of archives. After this operation, 1,156 kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 https://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 espeak-ng amd64 1.51+dfsg-10+deb12u2 [353 kB] Get:2 https://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 espeakup amd64 1:0.90-13 [19.7 kB] Fetched 373 kB in 0s (1,095 kB/s) Selecting previously unselected package espeak-ng. (Reading database ... (Reading database ... 5% (Reading database ... 10% (Reading database ... 15% (Reading database ... 20% (Reading database ... 25% (Reading database ... 30% (Reading database ... 35% (Reading database ... 40% (Reading database ... 45% (Reading database ... 50% (Reading database ... 55% (Reading database ... 60% (Reading database ... 65% (Reading database ... 70% (Reading database ... 75% (Reading database ... 80% (Reading database ... 85% (Reading database ... 90% (Reading database ... 95% (Reading database ... 100% (Reading database ... 71754 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../espeak-ng_1.51+dfsg-10+deb12u2_amd64.deb ... Unpacking espeak-ng (1.51+dfsg-10+deb12u2) ... Selecting previously unselected package espeakup. Preparing to unpack .../espeakup_1%3a0.90-13_amd64.deb ... Unpacking espeakup (1:0.90-13) ... Setting up espeak-ng (1.51+dfsg-10+deb12u2) ... Setting up espeakup (1:0.90-13) ... update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported; falling back to defaults Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/sound.target.wants/espeakup.service ??? /lib/systemd/system/espeakup.service. Could not execute systemctl: at /usr/bin/deb-systemd-invoke line 145. Processing triggers for man-db (2.11.2-2) ...
