How To Install fortunes-off on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fortunes-off on Kali Linux.
What is fortunes-off
fortunes-off is:
The fortune program displays epigrams, known as fortune cookies, selected randomly from a selection of fortune files.
This package contains cookies which some may consider to be offensive. Please do not install this package if you or your users are easily offended.
You’ll need the fortune-mod package to display the cookies.
There are three methods to install fortunes-off 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-off Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fortunes-off using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fortunes-offInstall fortunes-off Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fortunes-off using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fortunes-offInstall fortunes-off 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fortunes-off using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fortunes-offHow To Uninstall fortunes-off on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the fortunes-off package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fortunes-offUninstall fortunes-off And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fortunes-off and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fortunes-offRemove fortunes-off Configurations and Data
To remove fortunes-off configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fortunes-offRemove fortunes-off configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fortunes-off configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fortunes-offDependencies
fortunes-off have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fortunes-off package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
