How To Install cowsay on CentOS 8

cowsay is Configurable speaking/thinking cow

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cowsay on CentOS 8.

What is `cowsay`

cowsay is a configurable talking cow, written in Perl. It operates much as the figlet program does, and it written in the same spirit of silliness. It generates ASCII pictures of a cow with a message. It can also generate pictures of other animals.

We can use yum or dnf to install cowsay on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cowsay.

Install cowsay on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install cowsay using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cowsay

Install cowsay on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install cowsay using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cowsay

How To Uninstall cowsay on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the cowsay package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove cowsay

cowsay Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/animalsay
/usr/bin/cowsay
/usr/bin/cowthink
/usr/share/bash-completion
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/cowsay.bashcomp
/usr/share/cowsay
/usr/share/cowsay/DragonAndCow.pm
/usr/share/cowsay/Example.pm
/usr/share/cowsay/Frogs.pm
/usr/share/cowsay/MechAndCow.pm
/usr/share/cowsay/Stegosaurus.pm
/usr/share/cowsay/TextBalloon.pm
/usr/share/cowsay/TuxStab.pm
/usr/share/cowsay/beavis.zen.cow
/usr/share/cowsay/blowfish.cow
/usr/share/cowsay/bud-frogs.cow
/usr/share/cowsay/bunny.cow
/usr/share/cowsay/cheese.cow
/usr/share/cowsay/cower.cow
/usr/share/cowsay/default.cow
/usr/share/cowsay/dragon-and-cow.cow
/usr/share/cowsay/dragon.cow
/usr/share/cowsay/elephant-in-snake.cow
/usr/share/cowsay/elephant.cow
/usr/share/cowsay/eyes.cow
/usr/share/cowsay/flaming-sheep.cow
/usr/share/cowsay/fox.cow
/usr/share/cowsay/ghostbusters.cow
/usr/share/cowsay/head-in.cow
/usr/share/cowsay/hellokitty.cow
/usr/share/cowsay/kiss.cow
/usr/share/cowsay/kitty.cow
/usr/share/cowsay/koala.cow
/usr/share/cowsay/kosh.cow
/usr/share/cowsay/luke-koala.cow
/usr/share/cowsay/mech-and-cow.cow
/usr/share/cowsay/meow.cow
/usr/share/cowsay/milk.cow
/usr/share/cowsay/moofasa.cow
/usr/share/cowsay/moose.cow
/usr/share/cowsay/mutilated.cow
/usr/share/cowsay/ren.cow
/usr/share/cowsay/sheep.cow
/usr/share/cowsay/skeleton.cow
/usr/share/cowsay/small.cow
/usr/share/cowsay/stegosaurus.cow
/usr/share/cowsay/stimpy.cow
/usr/share/cowsay/supermilker.cow
/usr/share/cowsay/surgery.cow
/usr/share/cowsay/telebears.cow
/usr/share/cowsay/three-eyes.cow
/usr/share/cowsay/turkey.cow
/usr/share/cowsay/turtle.cow
/usr/share/cowsay/tux.cow
/usr/share/cowsay/udder.cow
/usr/share/cowsay/vader-koala.cow
/usr/share/cowsay/vader.cow
/usr/share/cowsay/www.cow
/usr/share/doc/cowsay
/usr/share/doc/cowsay/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/cowsay/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/cowsay/README
/usr/share/man/man1/cowsay.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cowthink.1.gz

References

cowsay website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cowsay on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.