How To Install fortunate.app on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install fortunate.app on Ubuntu 22.04. fortunate.app is Display a quotation (fortune) in a window for GNUstep

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fortunate.app on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is fortunate.app

fortunate.app is:

This displays a quotation in a window. Fortunate is a Cocoa/Objective-C graphical front-end to the command-line BSD fortune which, since the dawn of time, has been providing countless seconds of fun each time a user logs in.

There are three methods to install fortunate.app on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install fortunate.app Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install fortunate.app using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fortunate.app

Install fortunate.app Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fortunate.app using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fortunate.app

Install fortunate.app 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 fortunate.app using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fortunate.app

How To Uninstall fortunate.app on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the fortunate.app package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fortunate.app

Uninstall fortunate.app And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fortunate.app and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fortunate.app

Remove fortunate.app Configurations and Data

To remove fortunate.app configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fortunate.app

Remove fortunate.app configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fortunate.app configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fortunate.app

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fortunate.app package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.