How To Install fortunes-it on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is fortunes-it

fortunes-it is:

This package provides a collection of ‘fortune cookies’ in Italian, taken from:

• The newsgroup it.hobby.umorismo
• Andrea Zuse Balestrero’s personal archive
• Various tv transmissions, such as “Mai dire Gol” or “Striscia la Notizia”
• The book “Jack Frusciante e` uscito dal gruppo”
• Other various sources

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

sudo apt-get -y install fortunes-it

Install fortunes-it Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fortunes-it

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

sudo aptitude -y install fortunes-it

How To Uninstall fortunes-it on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove fortunes-it

Uninstall fortunes-it And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fortunes-it

Remove fortunes-it Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fortunes-it

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

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

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

Dependencies

fortunes-it have the following dependencies:

• fortune-mod

References

• fortunes-it website

Summary

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