How To Install fortunes-off on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install fortunes-off on Debian 11. fortunes-off is Data files containing offensive fortune cookies

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fortunes-off on Debian 11.

What is fortunes-off

fortunes-off is:

The fortune program displays epigrams, known as fortune cookies, selected randomly from a selection of fortune files.

This package contains cookies which some may consider to be offensive. Please do not install this package if you or your users are easily offended.

You’ll need the fortune-mod package to display the cookies.

There are three methods to install fortunes-off on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install fortunes-off Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install fortunes-off using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fortunes-off

Install fortunes-off Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fortunes-off using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fortunes-off

Install fortunes-off Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install fortunes-off using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fortunes-off

How To Uninstall fortunes-off on Debian 11

To uninstall only the fortunes-off package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fortunes-off

Uninstall fortunes-off And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fortunes-off and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fortunes-off

Remove fortunes-off Configurations and Data

To remove fortunes-off configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fortunes-off

Remove fortunes-off configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fortunes-off configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fortunes-off

Dependencies

fortunes-off have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fortunes-off package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.