How To Install fortune-mod on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fortune-mod on Kali Linux.

What is fortune-mod

fortune-mod is:

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

This package provides the fortune program itself and the programs used for generating the data files. The data files are contained in the fortunes-min, fortunes, and fortunes-off packages.

There are three methods to install fortune-mod on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install fortune-mod Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fortune-mod

Install fortune-mod Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fortune-mod

Install fortune-mod Using aptitude

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

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install fortune-mod

How To Uninstall fortune-mod on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the fortune-mod package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fortune-mod

Uninstall fortune-mod And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fortune-mod and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fortune-mod

Remove fortune-mod Configurations and Data

To remove fortune-mod configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fortune-mod

Remove fortune-mod configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fortune-mod

Dependencies

fortune-mod have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• librecode0

References

• fortune-mod website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fortune-mod package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.