How To Install fortunes-bofh-excuses on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install fortunes-bofh-excuses on Kali Linux. fortunes-bofh-excuses is BOFH excuses for fortune

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fortunes-bofh-excuses on Kali Linux.

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 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 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 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 fortunes-bofh-excuses using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fortunes-bofh-excuses

How To Uninstall fortunes-bofh-excuses on Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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 Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.