How To Install fortunes-min on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fortunes-min on Debian 11.
What is fortunes-min
fortunes-min is:
The fortune program displays epigrams, known as fortune cookies, selected randomly from a selection of fortune files.
This package contains a small number of cookies for the bandwidth conscious.
You’ll need the fortune-mod package to display the cookies.
There are three methods to install fortunes-min on Debian 11. 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-min 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-min using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fortunes-min
Install fortunes-min Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fortunes-min using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fortunes-min
Install fortunes-min 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-min using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fortunes-min
How To Uninstall fortunes-min on Debian 11
To uninstall only the fortunes-min package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fortunes-min
Uninstall fortunes-min And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fortunes-min and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fortunes-min
Remove fortunes-min Configurations and Data
To remove fortunes-min configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fortunes-min
Remove fortunes-min configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fortunes-min configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fortunes-min
Dependencies
fortunes-min have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fortunes-min package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
