How To Install fortune-zh on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fortune-zh on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is fortune-zh
fortune-zh is:
This package contains the Chinese data files for fortune in UTF-8 encoding.
cookies included in this package:
- tang300: 300 Tang Poems
- song100: 100 Song Poems
- chinese: Misc Chinese Collection
This is a dummy transitional package of fortunes-zh.
There are three methods to install fortune-zh on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-zh 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-zh using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fortune-zh
Install fortune-zh Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fortune-zh using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fortune-zh
Install fortune-zh 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install fortune-zh using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fortune-zh
How To Uninstall fortune-zh on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the fortune-zh package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fortune-zh
Uninstall fortune-zh And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fortune-zh and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fortune-zh
Remove fortune-zh Configurations and Data
To remove fortune-zh configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fortune-zh
Remove fortune-zh configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fortune-zh configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fortune-zh
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fortune-zh package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
