How To Install fortunes-bofh-excuses on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fortunes-bofh-excuses on Debian 9.
What is fortunes-bofh-excuses
fortunes-bofh-excuses is:
fortunes-bofh-excuses is a collection of excuses which you can use as a BOFH when something goes wrong. Some examples are: ‘Electromagnetic energy loss’, ‘disks spinning backwards - toggle the hemisphere jumper.’
There are three methods to install fortunes-bofh-excuses on Debian 9. 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-bofh-excuses 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-bofh-excuses using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fortunes-bofh-excuses
Install fortunes-bofh-excuses Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fortunes-bofh-excuses using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fortunes-bofh-excuses
Install fortunes-bofh-excuses 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-bofh-excuses using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fortunes-bofh-excuses
How To Uninstall fortunes-bofh-excuses on Debian 9
To uninstall only the fortunes-bofh-excuses package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fortunes-bofh-excuses
Uninstall fortunes-bofh-excuses And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fortunes-bofh-excuses and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fortunes-bofh-excuses
Remove fortunes-bofh-excuses Configurations and Data
To remove fortunes-bofh-excuses configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fortunes-bofh-excuses
Remove fortunes-bofh-excuses configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fortunes-bofh-excuses configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fortunes-bofh-excuses
Dependencies
fortunes-bofh-excuses have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fortunes-bofh-excuses package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.