How To Install fortunes-debian-hints on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fortunes-debian-hints on Kali Linux.

What is fortunes-debian-hints

fortunes-debian-hints is:

This package provides a set of hints and tips on using Debian, in a fortune database format. New Debian users (or administrators) may find its advice particularly sage or helpful, and even veteran Debianites might find some new tidbits.

There are three methods to install fortunes-debian-hints 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-debian-hints 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-debian-hints using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fortunes-debian-hints

Install fortunes-debian-hints Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fortunes-debian-hints using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fortunes-debian-hints

Install fortunes-debian-hints 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-debian-hints using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fortunes-debian-hints

How To Uninstall fortunes-debian-hints on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the fortunes-debian-hints package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fortunes-debian-hints

Uninstall fortunes-debian-hints And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fortunes-debian-hints

Remove fortunes-debian-hints Configurations and Data

To remove fortunes-debian-hints configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fortunes-debian-hints

Remove fortunes-debian-hints configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fortunes-debian-hints configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fortunes-debian-hints

Dependencies

fortunes-debian-hints have the following dependencies:

References

• fortunes-debian-hints website

Summary

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