How To Install xcowsay on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xcowsay on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is xcowsay
xcowsay is:
A GTK+ version of the classic cowsay Perl script. It displays a cute pop-up cow on your desktop with a speech bubble and some customizable text. There’s also a dream mode where the cow can display images. It comes with a fortune(6) wrapper script, xcowfortune, which you can cron to deliver periodic fortune cookies via the cow.
There are three methods to install xcowsay 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 xcowsay Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xcowsay using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xcowsay
Install xcowsay Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xcowsay using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xcowsay
Install xcowsay 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 xcowsay using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xcowsay
How To Uninstall xcowsay on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the xcowsay package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xcowsay
Uninstall xcowsay And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xcowsay and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xcowsay
Remove xcowsay Configurations and Data
To remove xcowsay configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xcowsay
Remove xcowsay configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xcowsay configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xcowsay
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xcowsay package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
