How To Install fortunes-eo on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install fortunes-eo on Ubuntu 18.04. fortunes-eo is Collection of esperanto fortunes.

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fortunes-eo on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is fortunes-eo

fortunes-eo is:

Datumbazo kun esperantlingvaj mesaĝoj por la fortune programo. Enhavas mesaĝojn el Proverbaro Esperanta de Zamenhof, en UTF-8 kodo.

Database with esperanto fortune cookies. Contains messages from Proverbaro Esperanta by Zamenhof, in UTF-8 encoding.

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

sudo apt-get -y install fortunes-eo

Install fortunes-eo Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fortunes-eo

Install fortunes-eo 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 fortunes-eo using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fortunes-eo

How To Uninstall fortunes-eo on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove fortunes-eo

Uninstall fortunes-eo And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fortunes-eo and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fortunes-eo

Remove fortunes-eo Configurations and Data

To remove fortunes-eo configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fortunes-eo

Remove fortunes-eo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fortunes-eo

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fortunes-eo package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.